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Early modern Europe: an introduction
History & The Arts

Early modern Europe: an introduction

...world. About 9 I saw the Doge at Mass in the chapel of the Palace with the Nobles, thence they went in procession to the Bucentaur or fine Galley, with flags displayed, the sword of state going after the Doge before the Procurators and head Nobles, the Popes Nuncio on the right of the Doge, and the Emperors Ambassador […] on the left […] the Doge went in to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...world and what you can do to help them grow and feel secure. ...How does the hybrid world make you feel as a leader? Do you feel out of control? Do you trust your team and workforce to get the job done, or are you much more comfortable having them within your gaze in an office? Hybrid working is here to stay, and more than ever you will need to understand how this makes...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...World Bank Turn Down the Heat reports and the IPCC AR4. His work has been recently published in Nature Climate Change, Nature, Climatic Change, Regional Environmental Change, Climate Policy. Climate Analytics Climate Analytics - Facebook Climate Analytics - Twitter Transcript Bill Hare Interview Stories of Change Project Interview Transcript Key RH: = Roger Harrabin BH: =...
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Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...world in running, swimming and cycling, as well as triathlons. This increased popularity can be attributed to three significant factors (Datta and Bagchi, 2019). First, increased economic prosperity for some people, particularly in the Global North, has resulted in increased disposable income and time for participation in these activities. Second, this prosperity combined...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?
Society, Politics & Law

Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?

...world have recognized, laws like this threaten ordinary Internet users' rights, by giving private intermediaries incentives to delete perfectly lawful online expression. [Watching you: a giant picture of an eye on a stand above a bicycle rack] Eyes everywhere? The good news is that the Commission won’t revise the EU’s core intermediary liability law, the eCommerce...
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Earth from above, 18th Century style
History & The Arts

Earth from above, 18th Century style

...world and viewing landscape. That balloons are innately comic is undeniable, and their physical attributes were a gift to satirists of the late eighteenth century, who riffed delightedly on the graphic and semantic associations of this new and somewhat unlikely technology. Furthermore, in the first few decades of ballooning, its utility was unclear. Although flight had...
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DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...world you need to work out your co-ordinates, known as latitude and longitude. Latitude is your position north or south of the Equator. Lines, or parallels, are drawn around the Earth at intervals. The North Pole is assigned the latitude 90º north and the South Pole latitude 90º south. Lines of longitude, or meridians, are drawn a little differently. The line of...
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Article 15 mins
Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...world we live in that it was both instrumental in the planning of, and the aftermath of, the Paris Attacks. First, Robyn Torok explains how ISIS used social media to plan the attacks; then Arnaud Mercier tells how the channels came to the fore after the horror unfolded. [The photographer says this is a "call to solidarity in prayer and to stand tall together. I aggregated...
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Article 10 mins