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On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study
Society, Politics & Law

On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study

...research group from Kent University where David Herd was speaking; When I heard him speak, he had a particular intonation to his voice which felt like it belonged to an older England; the quality of his voice was the thing that compelled me to ask him to do the voice-over. I then read The View from Dover, which I thought was a brilliant piece of writing. I thought it...
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Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion
Society, Politics & Law

Kropotkin, anarchism and geography: A discussion

...researching and publishing geographical works. He did those for the Russian Geographical Society until 1871. AM: Before we go on, Philip, I have to just take you back to this daring prison escape. Can you just tell us a bit more about that? PO’S: Yes, he was imprisoned in Saint Petersburg in a military sort of hospital wing. And by sort of secret messages, things hidden...
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The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Amygdala Hijack: Stress Response in Aviation

...centre of the brain. It’s responsible for maintaining a balanced bodily state. This branch of the brain, the autonomic nervous system (ANS), is highly responsive to stress, and most of the communication is automatic and unconscious. The goal of the autonomic nervous system is to maintain homeostasis, and it does so by utilising its two subsystems – the sympathetic...
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What would it take to save British Home Stores?
Money & Business

What would it take to save British Home Stores?

...centre locations that are experiencing lower footfall. Any new owner would also be taking on £571m in pension liabilities; stores needing further investment to modernise their look and feel, and a repositioning exercise to make customers fall in love with the brand once more. This need to invest before achieving a return might dissuade potential buyers. Though a rescue...
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Causal loop diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Causal loop diagrams

...centre of every loop with either an ‘R’ (for reinforcing) or a ‘B’ (for balancing). If a variable has multiple consequences, try lumping them into one term while finishing the rest of the loop. You can ‘unpack’ these later when you are ready to explore the significance of specific interventions. Almost every action has differing long term and short term...
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Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (2007) Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources, OECD. Available from: www.oecd.org/ dataoecd/ 35/ 7/ 38654317.pdf (accessed 16 July 2012). Creative Commons, http://creativecommons.org (accessed 26 June 2012). Desforges, C. (2001) ‘Familiar challenges and new approaches: necessary advances in...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...centres of active galaxies, and in Section 5 you will study a simple model that attempts to explain the key characteristics of active galaxies in an illuminating way. Finally, in Section 6, we consider some of the outstanding questions about the origin and evolution of active galaxies. We begin by looking at the spectra of galaxies...Introduction to active galaxies: 2.1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...children” and entered into the Nazi euthanasia programme. He was confined to a psychiatric institution in Vienna where Nazi doctors conducted cruel experiments with the children. He managed to survive the atrocities but the horror did not end there for him. When he later recognised one of his torturers, this psychiatrist had become famous in his profession and a...
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