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Using and managing waste
Science, Maths & Technology

Using and managing waste

...change - reducing the volume of waste going to landfill and developing more incineration sites. Waste Collection Analyse what you throw away. The different methods local authorities use to collect and sort your rubbish. Energy From Waste How incineration generates electricity and hazardous waste is treated at landfill sites. Composting The different types of green waste,...
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Audio 1 hr 17 mins
Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...change from their fluid state to hard polymer. Final Stage Production of Lenses The Lab Manager at Contamac demonstrates how they cut, polish and hydrate the finished lens. Treating Sight Loss in South Africa The good health train, Pelophepa is on a mission to bring health care to rural communities Introducing Dr Lillian Clingo. Manager of the train. A Day on the Good...
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Audio 54 mins
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...changing attitudes to our planet and our environmental responsibilities Taking Stock Bioethicist Janet Radcliffe Richards gives a talk entitled 'Taking Stock' focusing on the definition of philosophy and problems surrounding study of the subject Artificial Intelligence Philosophy professor Tim Crane explains what he sees to be the main philosophical issues in the area of...
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Audio 4 hrs 19 mins
Critical thinking – A skill and a process
Education & Development

Critical thinking – A skill and a process

...change of view in ourselves or in others. This is where critical thinking becomes relevant outside the world of studying. By being critical of what we read, hear and see, we are engaging with the society we live in actively. We are not perceiving anything as given, but are rather reflecting on the value and correctness of the way society works. This helps us to be better...
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Article 10 mins
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...changes in scientific understanding over time. The Collins Paperback English Dictionary (1999) defines art as: ‘The creation of works of beauty or other special significance’ and ‘Human creativity as distinguished from nature’. How far does this reflect your own views? If you want to amend your own definition in the light of this, do so now...Week 3: Art history...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Men’s grief and belonging through football following perinatal loss

...changing rooms and enabled the Sands logo to be displayed – this reinforced a sense of community for the men. Despite the competitiveness of football, for these fathers it wasn’t about the winning. Remembering the baby [White and blue football]The Sands United teams have been described by the fathers in this study as somewhere to get support when you are having a bad...
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Article 5 mins
Have the Tunisian elections have started a new democratic era?
Society, Politics & Law

Have the Tunisian elections have started a new democratic era?

...change in this and other aspects of the current status quo. On Wednesday, official results from Tunisia's legislative elections confirmed the expected win for the secular Nidaa Tounes (Call for Tunisia), a coalition party only two years old headed by Beji Caed Essebsi, an 87-year-old veteran who served under Tunisia’s first president, Habib Bourguiba, and later under...
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Article 5 mins
What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?
Society, Politics & Law

What did Bernie Sanders' campaign achieve?

...Changing the game The Democratic nomination has been a relatively sedate pas de deux in comparison to the bloodbath on the Republican side, and, the fact is, the Democratic Party is far more resilient than the other side. Eight years ago a truly ugly nomination contest between Clinton and Obama ended amicably. After the delegates were seated, the Democrats made a...
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Article 5 mins