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Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...writing, around 7,000 rare diseases have been described. Over 80% of those affect less than 1 in 1 million people (so they are very rare). However, new rare diseases are constantly being described, so this number is continuously increasing. In the UK, around 3.5 million individuals have a rare disease. It is estimated that over the whole lifetime, around 1 in 17 people...
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Article 10 mins
28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well
OpenLearn Ireland

28 July 2005: 4 o'clock and all is well

...writing over several decades has chronicled the long transition from conflict to peace. It goes beneath the surface to explore the detailed happenings behind the headlines, and to add understanding to the complexities of peacebuilding. In his latest archive publication, Rowan follows the signposts on the road from 2005 to 2010; that end to the armed campaign, the...
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Article 5 mins
Getting started with a Password Manager
Digital & Computing

Getting started with a Password Manager

...an email asking you to authenticate any new computers or phones before it will allow you to use the application on those devices. This is done to help prevent your LastPass details being stored on machines you do not control. In case anyone was worried, I changed my Google password again after writing this – so the password you can see above isn’t my actual password....
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Article 15 mins
Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...Writing a shopping list and using leftovers are both tips on how to eat well on a budget, but these tips will also help you with staying more organised. Procrastination, burnout and self-care Everyone puts things off, or as we have already discussed, prioritises other items first, in turn delaying something else. Procrastinators can avoid difficult tasks and deliberately...
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Article 10 mins
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...write a report I would do it with a pen and paper for someone else to type up. A few days later I’d get it back to check and the typist would make any corrections with something called ‘correcting fluid’. Being able to work from home has improved my life considerably. Not only does it save me the time and money that used to be spent on travelling, but being able to...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...write out what you want to say. Préparez une présentation sur votre ville. Record your presentation. Try using as few notes as possible. This will make you sound more natural than if you are reading notes. Enregistrez votre présentation. Answer 1 What you answer will, of course, depend on where you live but this is a possible answer. J'habite à Crewe. C'est une petite...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...writing it has only launched a pilot project in the northern state of Haryana to advise on managing the problem nationwide. Meanwhile, the government leaves it to the local city authorities to carry out programmes for vaccinating stray dogs on the street. Most deal with the problem by hiring NGOs like CUPA. That leaves rural areas, where rabies strikes hardest, all but...
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Article 10 mins
Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit's two tribes: can they be brought together?

...write something about Brexit for a little while, but confess I’ve found it incredibly difficult to do so. Part of this is my feeling that as somebody who voted to remain I don’t want to be a bad loser. On the other hand, as somebody who voted to remain I do want to be a bad loser. Like many on the remain side of the divide I have heard nothing to convince me that...
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