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Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...work, how data is stored and deleted, and why online safety and data security matter while gaining a deeper understanding of how technology influences the way we live and think...This free course, Introducing computing and IT, provides a general overview of how digital technologies have come to dominate virtually every aspect of the modern world and some guidance on how...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...work of the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin) and its mission to improve personal financial capability, check out the centre’s website. The centre, generously funded by True Potential LLP, has a mission to develop teaching and undertake research to help improve public financial capability. Transcript Requirements This course is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...work of a surging opposition? The short answer is a bit of both. Mauricio Macri, the son of an Italian migrant and prominent businessman, constructed a successful new political party (PRO) which developed solid bases in Buenos Aires city, winning consecutive elections since 2007. Together with the traditional UCR and other smaller parties, his alliance Let’s Change...
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Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen
History & The Arts

Songs of Love and Hate: On Leonard Cohen

...work, Cohen specialized in troubled father-son relationships. His most famous song, ‘Hallelujah’, begins with the paternal relationship between the psalmist King David and the father God he pleases with his ‘secret chord’. Consider ‘Story of Isaac’, from Songs from a Room (1969). This is a pointed retelling of the story from Genesis. God instructs Abraham to...
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The Language of Brexit
Languages

The Language of Brexit

...work well. Frexit seems to be the only possible term for a possible French exit. Others seem problematic. Would exit of the Netherlands (Holland) prompt Nexit or Hexit? Does an Italian exit prompt Italexit or Itexit? Or would the form Outaly catch on? If Spain leaves then Spexit sounds possible in English, but in the event of a German departure, Germexit surely doesn’t...
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How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump's 'fire and fury' threatens to destabilise the Asian Pacific region

...working on this issue for decades. This kind of highly personalised, ad-hoc diplomacy may be exciting and play well for a domestic audience keen to see their leader as someone to be reckoned with. But it is inevitably destabilising and counter-productive to actually solving critical issues, such as the North Korean nuclear crisis. Significantly, this is the first time we...
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Apollo 11’s ‘one small step’ sparked a new rush to reach the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11’s ‘one small step’ sparked a new rush to reach the Moon

...work at the lunar surface. Meanwhile, Michael Collins circled the Moon in the ­command module, perhaps best-positioned to contemplate the meaning of life or our place in the universe. Down at the lunar surface, ­Armstrong and Aldrin performed several experiments, but arguably their most important task was to collect the first ever samples of Moon rock. Apollo 11...
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Electron beam welding
Science, Maths & Technology

Electron beam welding

...width of weld, the helium NV technique giving a narrower, deeper weld, or an increased work distance. Process is ideal for automation, since there is no electrical or mechanical contact between the workpiece and electron beam. Small spot size requires a close and accurate fit of components, hence fixturing and beam/workpiece control are critical. Production rates depend on technique used, chamber size, pump size, component ......
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Article 10 mins