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The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...system of the balance of power. This system survived in Europe until the beginning of the twentieth century, effectively coming to an end with the outbreak of the First World War. In the aftermath of the First World War efforts were made to rebuild international relations between states through the establishment and operation of an international institution which would...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...systems and applications and how to manage and store digital information and assets. Communicating How to communicate effectively digitally depending on the ‘tools’ and ‘context’. Creating and editing Developing the skills to create and edit using digital tools and reflect best practice and guidelines for creation of digital content and products. Transacting The...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...systems (Cuban, 1988). From this perspective, for example, a subject leader may manage the resources to support a change in teaching method that they have been leading their colleagues to consider. This course adopts a critical perspective and argues that educational leadership and management are contested concepts. For example, we can question Cuban’s (1988) view that...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...System. For this reason, the discovery of water is the primary goal of many space missions. Despite being 55 million kilometres from Earth, Mars (Figure 1b) can often be spotted with the naked eye in the night sky as a reddish-orange object (Figure 2). It has been observed throughout human history, with the earliest record dating back to ancient Egypt, and for this reason...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Queen Victoria on the Chartists
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on the Chartists

...system of agitation pursued by several Members, which is responsible for this serious agitation. They might be prosecuted if it could be brought home to them. It is proposed to send a Battalion of the Guards tonight, by rail, to Manchester. Then, held a Council, which was only for the Proclamation. The Duke of Wellington kissed hands, on being made Commander in Chief. Ran...
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How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?

...system would be able to clear them. The pyocin-resistance experiment is part of a larger reconsideration of bacteria not just as threat to our health but also as organisms in their own right, with their own ecology and evolutionary histories. In retrospect, it is somewhat bizarre that nobody in the golden era of antibiotics questioned why soil bacteria make medicines for...
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Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...system.” Before this study, however, the data simply wasn’t available to draw this conclusion. Martin’s team worked with Cambridge Econometrics, business management consultants, who are specialists in building up city-level datasets from local data. Now, with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, the team has increased to include researchers at the...
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Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Remaking self-help

...systems and structures, and here are some ways in which you might navigate them differently’. A lot of self-help promises a one-size-fits-all solution; mine emphasises diversity and the fact that different things work for different people and at different times. I’ve sometimes described it as ‘anti-self-help’ because it doesn’t locate our problems in us as...
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