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James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...research and exploit them. Environmental films: Getting the facts straight I think it’s working in a world where environmental issues are now debated alongside education and health and everything else, it’s not this niche new thing, it’s now an issue that most people are globally aware of, but it’s also got its detractors and its critics, so they’re always quick...
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Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...Researchers Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle's work explores where the new digital world might take us...Introduction In an (in)famous postscript, Gilles Deleuze traces the emergence of a society of control, whose passive danger is jamming, and whose active danger lies in piracy and viruses. Media jamming and piracy, hacktivism and viruses are all rampant today: the internet...
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Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) in 1969, where it interconnected a few sites, it is now predicted that the internet will interconnect 50 billion things by 2020. The internet now provides global connections that make web surfing, social media, and smart mobile devices possible. Watch how the internet emerged over the last 25 years and take a glimpse into the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...centre of the circle to the edge. Diameter, or d, is the distance from one edge of the circle to the other, passing through the centre of the circle. You can see the diameter is always double the radius. If you know either the radius or the diameter, you can always work out the other. And you can also work out the circumference. Here is the basic formula you need to work...
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Free course 48 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership (CVSL). The CVSL was established thanks to the generous support of Mr Anthony Nutt BA. This course is an update of the course Introducing leadership in voluntary organisations. ...Week 2: Leadership as person: traits leadership: Introduction - During this week you will be introduced to the idea of leadership as embodied in the figure...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...children. In a question you should raise the pitch of your voice at the end of the sentence Il y a une piscine? Oui, il y a une piscine. Il y a des magasins près de l'hôtel? Are there any shops near the hotel? Oui, il y a une librairie et un bureau de tabac. Yes, there is a bookshop and a bureau de tabac. In the answer, the pitch of your voice drops at the end of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...children, Robert and Callum, who do not live with her. A neighbour contacts social services; he is concerned because he has not seen Joanna for a while. On visiting the property, you find that Joanna has been living in very poor conditions. She has been hoarding and you feel that the conditions at the property are dangerous. Joanna explains that she lent Robert a large...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Rathlin Island and Lough Neagh
OpenLearn Ireland

Rathlin Island and Lough Neagh

...research and theorising. Until recently it was thought that Ireland and the rest of the British Isles had been linked by a land bridge which was submerged as sea levels rose. Very recent research suggests that this bridge did not exist and this has implications for Ireland’s biodiversity – if there was no land bridge, how did species arrive after the last Ice Age? For...
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