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Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...think END was, in a way, the intellectual wing. In a way, the movement, certainly in this country and perhaps all over Europe, was inspired by E. P. Thompson’s pamphlet Protest and Survive. But I think E.P. Thompson, an idea-- and Ken Coates and I was part of it --was that in the past, anti-nuclear campaigns were very easily dealt with by the establishment, because you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...think it is right for you in terms of asset allocation. ...Asset allocation in investment: 2 Risk and return expectations - One important reason why investors today might not hold the same equity proportion as in 2000 is that the portfolios recommended by Gregory and Rutterford were estimated using historic ten year returns, standard deviations of returns, and correlation...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...think you’ve concluded that reefs as we know them, as we understand them with branching corals and table corals, won’t be able to survive this century if we continue on in the way we are. JPG: That is correct, the increase in temperature triggers coral bleaching and eventually coral mortality. And starting 2050 or so, ocean acidification will also have an impact on...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...think of the extraordinary themes found in the classical fairy tales, where people are frequently eaten (oral aggression) and giants' heads are cut off (castration of the father?). Many psychoanalysts would see the popularity among young children of such bloodthirsty themes as indication of their resonance with children’s unconscious feelings. The third core of...
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Article 10 mins
Studying natural sciences bilingually
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying natural sciences bilingually

Thinking of studying a Natural Sciences course? Considering studying through the medium of Welsh and want to know what the benefits are? Not sure whether your Welsh is good enough? If you’re reading this article, it’s quite possible you’ve thought about these questions. This article aims to answer these questions, and show how studying Natural Sciences through the...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Society, Politics & Law

It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name

...think it was Dad’s justification or just something to say to make his life easier by going along with it. After my discussion with Jas via text message, I eventually called him and asked him why he felt the need to change his birth name and why he thought that it was the norm when applying for new job opportunities. He responded by saying that he only got his new job as...
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Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...systems, in which sensors measure oxygen intake and carbon dioxide exhalations. Scientists know how much energy is used during the metabolic processes that create the carbon dioxide we breathe out, so they can work backwards to deduce that, for example, a human who has exhaled 15 litres of carbon dioxide must have used 94 calories of energy. The facility’s three...
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The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...thinking and practical research methods in social sciences...In a complex and rapidly changing world, social scientific study examines how we produce things, communicate, govern ourselves and understand our environments, and how to solve the problems we face in the organisation of social relations and processes. This free course, The social in social science, provides a...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs