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Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...institutes in Marburg, Frankfurt and Belgrade were infected by research material from African green monkeys imported from Uganda. Although it would be desirable to have vaccines against high-fatality viral zoonoses, the animal reservoirs of infection will always be present. Moreover, there are a number of other factors which mean that vaccine development is of relatively...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...et al., 2015). Hopkins and colleagues theorise that these social psychological processes are not especially exceptional or exotic; rather, they can be understood as continuous with our everyday ways of living in the twenty-first century. They demonstrate that events such as the Magh Mela both enhance well-being and revivify social identities. Attending the event enhances...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...institutions and 13 scientific unions and has a membership of over 13000 space scientists. Through scientific commissions, panels and task groups (as well as publications and events) they develop policies and approaches to using space. This includes technical panels to support the next generation of space scientists in countries with emerging space sectors, to train them...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...institutions affects businesses in a number of ways. Important variables include the rate of economic growth, interest rates, inflation, energy prices, exchange rates, wages and levels of employment. The state of a country’s economy pervades all aspects of business life. It affects the level of demand for goods and services, the availability and cost of most importantly...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd © Figure 5: Willmer, P. et al. (2000) Environmental Physiology of Animals, Blackwell Publishers Ltd Figure 5 The temperature at different sites within and outside the fur of a mammal adapted to arctic life. The temperature at the surface of the epidermis is close to that of deeper tissues below...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...institutions would be down on him like kites on a battlefield if he gave his name. LADY BRITOMART: …He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it. What do you think: if the right outcome is what is wanted, do the reasons matter? Take a few moments to consider this question before reading on...Introducing Ethics in Information and Computer...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Stonehenge before the First World War
History & The Arts

Stonehenge before the First World War

...institutions and works as the branches on a pine or larch, which fail and die and fall away successively while the tree itself lives for ever, and if we measure their duration not by our own few swift years, but by the life of nations and races of men. It is, I imagine, a sense capable of cultivation, and enables us to look upon many of man's doings that would otherwise...
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Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...institutions that should be using social media; it’s about individuals from across all walks of life being able to gain access to information, share information and really understand the world around them. Democratisation of knowledge: The health example In terms of the democratisation of knowledge, I mean to step aside from conservation and sustainability issues for a...
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Video 30 mins