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Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...public space that these digital networks create allows citizens to build mutual support networks on a self-organising model. On Twitter, hashtags and their associated news feeds rise up, allowing users to cooperate and exchange information. During the night of November 13 and 14, two exemplary cases stand out. The hashtag #porteOuverte, proposed by the independent...
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Article 10 mins
Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes

...public access, and they can also form part of the data in a smart city. Smart cities also vary in terms of their overall organisation. So some versions of smart cities, we might think of as quite top down. So there are control centres, which gather lots and lots of data together, and use it then to manage the city, perhaps its traffic flows, its population flows, and so...
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Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...public library project Reading Relay. The awards include judges’ awards and voters’ awards. The Children's Book Award, from the Federation of Children's Book Groups, is chosen by nominations from children throughout the UK. Some local library services have established their own awards and these are totally chosen by children. Take a look at facilities in your local...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?
Nature & Environment

Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?

...public opinion. Killing the tiger is perhaps the only option, and it should be done swiftly and efficiently. Many prefer to have the tiger tranquillised and moved to zoos, but there is no shortage of tigers in zoos. And given tiger biology, most tigers that turn to hunting people are old or injured, anyway close to death in the wild. Bureaucratic delays often result in...
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Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...public hospital Capital Labour a. Capital b. Labour The correct answer is b. Select the answer for Question 1e here (e) Income received as an estate agent Capital Labour a. Capital b. Labour The correct answer is b. Select the answer for Question 1f here (f) Annual pay-out: you pay yourself as the owner of a real estate agency Capital Labour a. Capital b. Labour The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...health centre to illustrate this point. In this example, the health centre uses a computerised booking system and the patient may phone or visit the health centre to make an appointment. Therefore, the system includes a patient, a receptionist, a doctor, and a computerised booking system. The example shown in Figure 1 shows how this system could be represented using a...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He has had visiting appointments at the Canadian Centre for Climate Research, University of Victoria, British Colombia, at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment, University College London, and at the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Department of Economics, Princeton...
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Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...public place as a commemoration of a famous victory and stimulus to Florentine patriotism. In fact, paintings of comparable secular subjects had been produced over a century earlier for precisely these motives, so the subject matter in itself does not signify a fundamental innovation. The painter Simone Martini contributed to a series of wall paintings of Sienese castles...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs