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Selling Empire: Introduction
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Introduction

...research, marketing and publicity. In reality, it spent as much money on research as publicity, but it was the latter which lodged in the public mind. In its six-year life, it unleashed millions of posters, from a few gigantic billboard features, such as Highways of Empire (shown above, 1927), through cheap, reduced-size copies sent to thousands of schools and sold to the...
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Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Health, Sports & Psychology

Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why

...research shows it is equally distracting. Currently, UK drivers using a hand-held mobile phone can only be prosecuted if it can be proven that they were using it for an ‘interactive communicative function’ such as calling or texting. The change in the law closes this loophole, and makes it easier for distracted drivers to be prosecuted, fined £200, and given six...
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The psychology of World Cup fans
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of World Cup fans

...research shows that when responding to criticism, it isn’t just what is said that matters – it’s who said it. This is because of something called the intergroup sensitivity effect. Generally, people are more tolerant of criticism from an ingroup member compared with an outgroup member because they feel ingroup members are trying to be constructive, whereas outgroup...
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Download our Chinese characters learning apps
Languages

Download our Chinese characters learning apps

...And you can also add Chinese Handwriting onto most smartphones' keyboard in order to use your touch screen to create typed characters. The link between innovation & teaching and research You can read a research article by Kan Qian and two other authors on Chinese character learning strategies amongst adult distance learners using mobile devices. Try a free Chinese course...
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Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum

...research can be translated into accessible visuals and how rights around dignity, privacy and health appear in everyday experiences. As a law student, seeing these themes move from theory into practice was especially meaningful. Free to Bleed at the Vagina Museum Before the event started, guests were able to explore the museum’s exhibitions. The event then began with...
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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
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
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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