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Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...become a pivotal skill to communicating effectively. It is often easier to be distracted outside of the office with competing priorities, or just feel overwhelmed back in an office hot-desking and looking for a seat to work in. There is no doubt that hybrid working is here to stay and, if supported well, it can be a really positive change for an organisation, but it...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...becomes the dominant energy system in exercise, it dictates that endurance becomes the major feature of the activity. Table 1 shows the aerobic and anaerobic energy systems’ contribution to maximal exercise. Table 1 Estimates of anaerobic and aerobic energy contribution during selected periods of maximal exercise Duration of exhaustive exercise (sec) % OF ENERGY...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...become apparent and any remarkable effects, such as the so-called inert pair effect, will be highlighted. The approach adopted illustrates how main-Group chemistry is important in everyday life. This course covers the water that you drink. For instance, a high level of certain anions in water can cause environmental pollution and health problems and are therefore...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Languages and the refugee crisis
Languages

Languages and the refugee crisis

...becoming familiar with these differences, as well as trying not to automatically take offence, can help intercultural understanding. The European Day of Languages aims to encourage European citizens to learn more languages in order to promote linguistic diversity, as well achieving plurilingualism across Europe. At present, when Europe is facing an enormous challenge in...
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Article 5 mins
It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
Society, Politics & Law

It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...become a powerful political identity, its standard-bearers can still lose elections if they end up fighting among themselves. Uneasy bedfellows Daniel Scioli was not an obvious choice of candidate. Given he’s always stuck to his own opinions and was a protégé of disgraced neoliberal president Carlos Menem, “Kirchnerista” hardliners have always regarded him with...
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Article 5 mins
Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?
Nature & Environment

Why would you want to make a bee wear a backpack?

...become truly useful: their weight, range, and how long their power source lasts. We’re aiming to reduce the transmitter weight by harvesting the energy the bee generates while flying. This will allow us to do away with the battery, which is normally the heaviest component. The final bee backpack will weigh less than 50 milligrams (about two grains of rice) and will be...
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Article 5 mins
Marco Rubio wins by coming in third
Society, Politics & Law

Marco Rubio wins by coming in third

...become the establishment alternative with a breakthrough in New Hampshire, but barring an exceptionally strong run to overtake or run alongside Cruz, Trump, and Rubio, that is looking more unlikely than ever. Unity wins On the surface, Bernie Sanders' strong showing against Hillary Clinton makes for a dramatic narrative for the hungry 24-hour broadcast media. At last,...
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Article 5 mins
What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?
Nature & Environment

What effect does increasing noise pollution have on mammals?

...become alert and flee. The experiment was conducted under artificial noise and repeated during quiet control periods - building upon our previous research. Although we expected that the prairie dogs would take longer to respond when distracted by noise, we were surprised by our findings. Unlike the fish and the crabs, in the presence of noise, prairie dogs reacted earlier...
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Article 5 mins