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Hybrid working: planning for the future
Money & Business

Hybrid working: planning for the future

...become a more sustainable organisation in the face of continuing change and evolving employee expectations...In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic organisations had to plan and adapt within a week to move almost their entire workforce to remote working, and those who had to remain in ‘onsite’ environments had to quickly implement safety measures. This was an...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...OU. Activity 4 Watch the video and try to identify the most important points. Make some notes in the text box below and save your answer. There is no comment for this activity. [INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR It’s October 1599. Shakespeare has finished writing his history play, Julius Caesar, and is visiting a fair in his hometown of Stratford with his daughter....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants
Society, Politics & Law

When the public speaks: How refugees welcome shows the public as dangerous giants

...become the symbol of the refugee crisis in the Middle East. The image and subsequent public outcry has led to an increase in charitable donations, impacted election campaigns, and prompted the public to demand more of their governments, resulting in western nations around the worldpledging to increase the number of refugees they will take. Although it is unfortunate that...
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Article 5 mins
Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Aisuluu Tynybekova - not quite a medalist; still a national hero

...become the country's highest-ranked wrestler across all categories, a fact not lost on the republic's Twitterazzi. Пол страны чуваков с поломаными ушами, а в полуфинале боролась женщина.. #kgz Айсулуу Тыныбекова, азамат!!! pic.twitter.com/PguOoRw2D3 — Aibek Turdaliev (@aibek_turdaliev)...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?

...becomes linked to discrimination and violence, solidarity and emancipation through the way it is used, and which must therefore be navigated with skill and reflexivity. Furthermore, social and technological systems create ways of knowing that are caught up in the processes by which they remain coherent; because knowledge and social life are self-referential, their...
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Article 5 mins
How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...become so strong and produce so much rain in Amazon region.” Pérola de Castro Vasconcellos, a chemist at the University of Sao Paulo’s Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, tells SciDev.Net. that “this [study] changes the way clouds are to be represented in models used for weather forecasting, as well as the way researchers understand the workings of...
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London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi
Nature & Environment

London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi

...The great smog of 1952 led to UK legislation on clean air. But campaigners insist that that now needs updating, with a right to clean air enshrined in law. “Lots of things in life we have choices about. Breathing isn’t one of them,” says the New Weather Institute. “We hope Smog Day becomes an annual day which helps keep the issue visible for the whole year.”...
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Article 5 mins
Time to look again at HIV and relationships
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time to look again at HIV and relationships

...become more like a chronic condition than the fatal infection we’ve seen on our screens. [Map showing couples around the UK] Effective HIV treatment stops the virus from reproducing itself, meaning that today people diagnosed in the UK who start treatment soon after can expect to live as long as someone without the virus. Not only that, but when the levels of virus get...
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Video 5 mins