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The First World War continues: Medina, Arabia, January 1919
History & The Arts

The First World War continues: Medina, Arabia, January 1919

...research has shown that for many peoples across Europe, especially in central, eastern and southeastern Europe, the fighting continued. New nations were born in a crucible of violence, governments and ruling regimes were overthrown, and paramilitary forces clashed with armies, attacked civilians and ravaged urban and rural areas. In the Middle East, Germany’s ally the...
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The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)
Education & Development

The Asian Single Parents Network (ASPN)

...research, it is the only support network for both single mums and dads across the UK for the South Asian community. We offer support to all single parents: separated, widowed, divorced, single by choice, those who have gone down the IVF route or living apart can all fit into the category of a single-parent family. No matter how you arrived in your current situation,...
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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...research paper by Race On the Agenda (ROTA) in 2013 stated that ‘a disproportionate number of ethnic minority families live in highly stressful environments, thus making their children more vulnerable to hyperactivity’. Yet it has also been argued that this over-identification could be linked to socio-economic disadvantages within these communities or, further still,...
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Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...research on the rise of xenophobia and racism on Twitter. Looking at the ways in which this rise may have been related to campaigning tactics and the referendum result, the study also gives an indication of the ways in which Twitter was used to both report hate speech incidents and to express solidarity with migrants. Expressions and stories of migrant solidarity,...
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Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...research process for the book. Dr Nick Middleton So the research was such where a lot of these places have websites. There are big organisations of non countries. There's UNPO and the UUN, the – I can't remember what the acronym stands for now – the Unrecognised People’s Organisation – has about forty, fifty, sixty non countries as members. They have websites,...
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Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...Research Fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and CESifo. Formerly, he was a Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, the Michael Otto Professor of Sustainability and Global Change at Hamburg University and an Adjunct Professor, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He has had visiting...
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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...research process and the use of scientific evidence recognise the role and limitations of scientific data in attempting to predict global climatic change understand the concept of feedback loops...Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows: 1 An environmental icon - The polar bear has become an international climate change icon. But how much is known about...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...research was carried out during the original design, including database searches on suspension bridges. (Arup, 2000a) However, perhaps the consideration that was at the forefront of the bridge designers’ minds was the need for the structure to be both innovative and aesthetically bold. In this Lord Foster and Sir Anthony Caro did not have it all their own way. Sir...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs