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Dan Rees - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dan Rees - Earth in Vision

...educational charities and so on, but I think there’s a very strong argument for giving greater access to it. Opening BBC natural history archive online – the benefits I hope if we opened up our archive online it would be very good news for educators, it would be very good news for conservation charities who are constantly struggling to find the quality of images that...
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All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...educational setting and the importance of being a member of an academic community The consequences of plagiarism: detecting plagiarism – a look at how educational institutions detect plagiarism The consequences of plagiarism: what happens next – a look at what to do if your work is flagged for plagiarism concerns Myth-busting – uncover some of the common myths about...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...technology used and assess the future direction of this continually developing area of communication...Optical-fibre communications became commercially viable in the 1970s and innovation continues today. This free course, Digital communications, will illustrate how very high data rates can be transmitted over long distances through optical fibres. You will learn how these...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Reviewing science funding
Science, Maths & Technology

Reviewing science funding

...technologies, the key benefit of using European funding was not the actual research outputs, but the networks, contacts, exchange of expertise and relationships that follow from working together. Europe actually provides a massive low-risk testing ground for new alliances. This is hugely important. With limited domestic funds for investment the UK needs to use all the...
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Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?

...technologies and international strategies. Whether large or small, success comes from understanding and engaging consumers and meeting their needs; things that others were better at than BHS. The potential end for BHS is not then a reflection of a dying high street but of a highly competitive and open British retail market which produces strong, focused competition,...
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Article 5 mins
Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth
Education & Development

Using sources: Considering breadth as well as depth

...technology known as the Internet of Things and potentially our sources of information. You may think this is stretching the sources of information that you may need to consider for your next assignment but the purpose of including such examples is to illustrate the possibilities that exist now for finding and utilizing sources of information and how we can and maybe...
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Article 10 mins
If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...technology offset expansions in population). Thus, his justification to vanquish fifty percent of life from the Universe is deeply flawed. If the Infinity Stones grant the power to eliminate life with the snap of the fingers, why didn’t Thanos use this power to expand the available resources in the Universe to accommodate the growing population? The disappearance of...
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Parlez-vous Eurovision?
Languages

Parlez-vous Eurovision?

...technology will be used to prevent similar occurrences. Also new this year is the use of sign language to make the competition more inclusive. And to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the contest, Australia have been invited for a one-off entry into the competition. Alas, their representative Guy Sebastian will not be singing in any of the 27 aboriginal languages of...
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Article 10 mins