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Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap
Education & Development

Decolonisation and Higher Education: Closing the Degree Awarding Gap

...multiple perspectives, considering where value is placed, and not adding tokenistic case studies. Likewise, Geneva Gay (2010, p. 143) has argued that ‘minor modifications’ are not enough because now more than ever dominating Eurocentric perspectives are inappropriate as students are coming from increasingly diverse racial and cultural backgrounds. She asks to what...
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Article 10 mins
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...multiple relationships between ‘things’ in a non-linear fashion. It also looks at the relationships between ‘events/activities/entities’ on the one hand and between ‘thoughts’ on the other – with some diagrams mixing the two together. Section 3 notes that diagrams are generally used to help your own understanding of written text; to help your own thinking...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...multiplication 100 equals 50 comma 000 divided by 100 comma 000 multiplication 100 equals 50 percent This means that for every £1 of sales, the company earns £0.5, which is then used to cover company’s other operating and financing costs. The figures for ratio analysis should be chosen in such a manner that they generate a meaningful analysis. Ratio analysis is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...multiple languages, making OER more accessible to non-English speakers. Additionally, there is a growing awareness of the importance of inclusivity and cultural diversity in educational materials, which may contribute to a more multilingual OER landscape in the future. Decolonisation efforts should prioritise the translation of existing content into multiple languages,...
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Article 10 mins
Using a scientific calculator
Science, Maths & Technology

Using a scientific calculator

...multiplication, and the key, which is pressed when you want the calculator to display the result of the calculation you have entered. The keys used to insert brackets into a calculation are in the centre of the row above the number keys. Many keys on the calculator have more than one use. The main function of a key is printed in white on the key itself. The second...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?

...multiple forms of collisions – in the tackle, joining rucks and mauls (which can end up looking like a pile-up of bodies), scrum engagement (where players form rows and literally go head to head with their opponents), or even with the ground. In an analysis of Bledisloe Cup rugby matches between Australia and New Zealand in 2004, researchers counted an average of nearly...
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A letter that starts the renegotiation process – Cameron writing to Tusk
Society, Politics & Law

A letter that starts the renegotiation process – Cameron writing to Tusk

...multiple times. Does it now want to renegotiate the right to renegotiate? An understandable concern of Cameron surrounds the fact that the UK is a member of the EU but not a member of the Eurozone. While it does not want to change that fact, it has to be assured that Eurozone Member States cannot pass European Union legislation affecting non-Eurozone Member States without...
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How would post-Brexit trade deals actually work?
Society, Politics & Law

How would post-Brexit trade deals actually work?

...multiple simultaneous renegotiations of global trade agreements is unprecedented – and no country has ever left the EU. It certainly can’t be assumed that Britain is bound to get quick and good deals because it is a large economy. Whether such an unpredictable outcome is worth risking will be a key debate in the UK’s EU referendum. This article was originally...
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