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Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...research positions at University College London, McGill University (Montreal), Columbia University (New York) and University of Hawai'I (Honolulu). Since 1993 he is Professor of Climate and Environmental Physics at the University of Bern. From 2008 to 2015 he co-chaired Working Group I "The Physical Science Basis" of the IPCC, the United Nations Inter-governmental Panel...
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Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than 50 years helping students achieve their learning ambitions. The short courses are underpinned by academic rigour and designed by native speakers experienced in producing engaging materials for online learning of languages and cultures. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...children not able to do that now, their parents don’t allow them to do that now, maybe correctly, but they don’t. I’m much involved and much concerned really at the way in which natural things are now removed from young children. I’m involved, and have been for a long time, in an organisation trying to create natural playgrounds in which children can look at ponds...
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You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...children 16 1,379 12 Single, not retired, with children 16 466 27 Couple, not retired, without children 16 1,745 4 Couple, not retired, with children 16 1,384 8 Single retired 59 0 Couple retired 1,252 2 Source: BIS, 2010 Table 1 demonstrates the relationship between debt problems and family type. The table shows that family type single, not retired, with children ......
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...centres consumed about 70 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2014, the most recent year examined, representing 2 percent of the country’s total energy consumption, according to the study. That’s equivalent to the amount consumed by about 6.4 million average American homes that year. This is a 4 percent increase in total data centre energy consumption from 2010...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...centre stage as the East European country most affected by the surge of refugees from conflict zones in the Middle East. An estimated 44,000 people have arrived on Croatian territory since its neighbouring countries began to reject arrivals. Croatia’s immediate stance on the refugee crisis was that no walls would be built and no barbed wire would be erected, because...
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However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice
Society, Politics & Law

However you feel about it, Labour's manifesto offers a choice

...centre ground of politics and that you can’t win elections from a left-wing, tax-raising position – even if that’s a theory that seems to have been upheld by recent opinion polls. What the 2017 Labour manifesto ultimately illustrates therefore is a clear break with the years of political consensus that broadly covered the 1979 to 2010 governments of Margaret...
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Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: How can athletes get through this period of isolation?

...centre of a lot of people’s lives, its significance is vastly diminished during this public health crisis. People have been shocked at the postponement of major sports events, such as the 2020 Olympic Games, but this is a minor issue when we consider there are thousands of people around the world dying daily. However, the loss of live sport has left a chasm in the...
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