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Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...becoming utilities”, says Edward George, Ecobank’s UK Country Head and Head of Group Research. “With utilities, you start providing services over a certain network and you’re kind of stuck there; they have no growth potential, and people don’t want to invest in them.” He spoke with LSE Business Review managing editor Helena Vieira during the Mobile Money and...
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Article 10 mins
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...students don’t understand what you’re saying, you might repeat it or reword it – or say it more loudly! Generally, there are a number of things you might do when you are not understood. You might speak more loudly or more slowly; you might try repeating or rewording what you said; you might ask your listener if they understood you. Sometimes you might even try...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for speed and power in sport and fitness

...students. [MUSIC PLAYING] FIONA SCOTT: I'm Fiona Scott. I work at the University of Hertfordshire in a S&C department within that called Performance Herts. We deliver to university athletes, as well as external clubs such as Saracens Mavericks, Arsenal Ladies, Women's FC. And then on top of that, we've done workshops in S&C areas and fields, and also lecture. Today we're...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...OU student already mentioned) might have completed the table. Discussion Our communication skills, or lack of them, can have more effect than we might think. Reflecting on what you reveal about yourself can allow you to become a more effective communicator. In Karen’s case, improving one communication skill had the knock-on effect of improving another...Week 3:...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...students considering the residential school for the SXR260 The geological history of the British Isles course, based in the north of England. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Science...Geological processes in the British Isles: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: summarise and identify descriptions of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...become ‘everybody’s business’ and is undertaken by a wide range of people, not just in the health sector but in other sectors too. It is both ‘multi-professional’ – involving professionals such as police, teachers, housing officers as well as health workers – and ‘inter-sectoral’ – involving different government departments, local government, the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...student at Harvard, Michael Marshak, now assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and colleagues report in Science journal that, instead of costly and difficult-to-handle metals, they have tested naturally-occurring, carbon-based molecules called quinines for the negative electrolyte component of the battery. They had started their...
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Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Science, Maths & Technology

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

...student. It’s hard to ignore that kind of phone call. Running with it The same technology can power smart sports clothing, so that your jogging suit or cycling shorts could carry a global positioning system (GPS) unit and a fitness monitor powered by your movements as you pedal or run. You could monitor and analyse your workout before you hit the shower. Australian...
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