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Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...research budget, the R&D budget, to really push breakthroughs in this area, I think we could get some big mileage, some much more important development for the future and there’s a lot that could be done in that area, but it requires much more investment in R&D and probably less amount of roll out investment that is taking place at the moment. RH: RD&D? JB: RD&D, yeah....
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Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...research and development, into how to improve this technology, and then we’ll let you off some of these carbon floor price things. I think that’s a very sensible idea. It might also help in the North Sea, where we’ve got a huge problem of decommissioning the oil industry and where if we could give it a new lease of life we’d save a lot of jobs. So I think that’s...
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An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...research definitions for ‘system architecture’ and ‘design’ yourself using an internet search engine. Answer A ‘system architecture’ can be defined as the configuration of hardware, network and software components of a computer system which satisfies the requirement for the provision a particular application or service. As with a ‘software architecture’,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...research astronomers are working on active galaxies, which indicates how important this field is. In this section you will learn about the observational characteristics of the four main classes of active galaxies: Seyfert galaxies, quasars, radio galaxies and blazars. This will set the scene for subsequent sections in which we will explore the physical processes that lie...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...Researching the political economy of the international system and the process of ‘globalization’. Course image: katie wheeler in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Licence. The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions) and is used under licence. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

The global pursuit of equitable football coaching legacies from Africa and The Caribbean to the UK

...research/ Ofekun, S. (2024). NFF under scrutiny again after allegations of financial mismanagement and corruption. In Score Nigeria. Score Nigeria. https://scorenigeria.com.ng/nff-under-scrutiny-again-after-allegations-of-financial-mismanagement-and-corruption/ Okeleji, O. (2019, May 29). Nigeria Football Federation boss Amaju Pinnick ordered to appear in court. BBC Sport...
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Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...research and develop your arguments for and against nuclear energy. You should spend approximately one hour searching online, and approximately one hour compiling your arguments. Your argument should take the form of a debate on the pros and cons of nuclear energy. You should tackle this at a generic level, not in terms of specific sites or proposals. I will come back to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...research for nearly a century. Miniaturisation, low power consumption and computational load are also drivers of innovation, as can be seen with increasingly powerful and smaller mobile phones that last longer and longer between charges...An introduction to electronics: 4.2 Recording sounds - Interactive 1 will allow you to see what ‘real’ sounds that you make...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs