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Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing the Generation Study – Emily Darlington, MP

...changing difference. Emily Darlington, MP for Milton Keynes Central, introduces the study through this video, and encourages people to learn more about the project or to get involved. For further information, please visit www.generationstudy.co.uk. Transcript The GRACE (Genetics Research Awareness via Community Engagement) project is supporting the Generation Study. To...
Art history: modern and contemporary
History & The Arts

Art history: modern and contemporary

...changed. Industry was booming, and the speed of life increasing. Artists, thinkers and architects strove to find new ways of encapsulating this new world … and modernism was born. The collection describes how throughout the twentieth century different media and artforms were added to the canon, and the sophisticated social structure of the Art-world developed. This...
Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...change... Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based networking Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia. Guanxi How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia. East-West management Asian companies are less hierarchical...
Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...Changed its Portrayal of the Atomic Bomb Through Time, from the dropping of the very first atomic bomb, through to the Cold War and right up to the present day. The films conclude by asking whether or not these types of weapon should have existed in the first place, and questioning what the future holds for the A-Bomb. The films relate to the Open University Course A327...
Understanding Globalisation
Money & Business

Understanding Globalisation

...Susan Segal Horn explains how national cultures are becoming less different Technical developments Technological developments and change operate beyond national borders Is globalisation a good or bad thing? Susan Segal Horn weighs up the Pros and Cons of Globalisation? Is globalisation inevitable? Susan Segal explains why she believes that globalisation isn’t inevitable...
Exploring wave motion
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring wave motion

...changing the driving frequency of the oscillator that's creating the wave. Apertures and diffraction Andrew Norton shows what happens when waves pass through apertures of different sizes. Diffraction of light Andrew Norton uses lasers to show what happens when light passes through a small aperture. Passing light through multiple apertures Andrew Norton shows how...
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...change in our world. Design engineering has helped to transform the environment, create incredible super-structures on land and sea, and even helped people travel to, and live in, space (Figure 1). [Described image] Figure 1 Examples of design engineering: (a) the Hoover Dam; (b) the Millau Viaduct; (c) the International Space Station At the same time some of the smallest...
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...changes in economic variables influence the more immediate and the future economic response. As Charlie Bean, the deputy governor of the Bank of England in the early 2010s, puts it, 'people describe the steering of the economy like driving a car when all you can do is look through the rear view mirror'. [Described image] Figure 1 So, any claims as to what will happen in...