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Effective communication in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Effective communication in the workplace

...family, friends and colleagues, and reflect on it. Examine your biases – we all have hidden biases that interfere with our ability to listen and empathise, e.g. relating to age, or gender. Ask better questions – aim to bring three or four thoughtful questions to every conversation. It is interesting to note the recurring themes of feedback, listening and effective...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...family. Every action you take matters. So challenge that ageism and age discrimination that you may see in any setting that it occurs. Thank you for your dedication in learning more about ageism and age discrimination. Together, we can build a nation where everyone is respected and treated with dignity. Keep up your great work and thank you very much. Video 1 Introduction...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...history available of the last four and a half billion years of Solar System evolution. There’s really no other world like it. NARRATOR Moons may hold the answer to our eternal question, are we alone? ROBERT PAPPALARDO Are there places in the Solar System, where life could exist today? Does Europa have chemical energy that could power life? NARRATOR In our quest for the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
History & The Arts

Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

...history of 17th Century timekeeping...On 13/23 January 1665 Sir Robert Moray, courtier and confidant to King Charles II, and sometime President of the Royal Society in London, wrote to the talented young mathematician and horologist Christiaan Huygens at The Hague: At last Captain Holmes has returned, and the account he has given us of the experiment with the pendulum...
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Article 10 mins
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...history. So in the long run we could be talking about 6 degrees warming for a doubling of the atmospheric carbon dioxide level. RH: That would be extremely alarming. How can we come to terms with all these different numbers over these different timescales and so many uncertainties? How can we deal with this as a species? TL: Well actually as a species I think we’re...
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Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...history by winning her country’s first-ever Olympic medal — and a gold one, no less. But a BBC commentator called the final between two world-champion athletes a “catfight.” Read at HuffPo: Rio Olympics Just Started And There's Enough Sexist Garbage For A Dumpster Fire Sexism in the pool And that's the women who get to compete. The IOC won't even let female...
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Article 5 mins
How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?

...families. Using PARP inhibitor drugs in cancer cells that already lack BRCA1 or 2 knocks out their back-up repair system, leaving them fatally damaged. Cancer Research UK-funded scientists played a crucial role in the early development of PARP inhibitors, and the first of them, olaparib (Lynparza), has now been licensed for use within the EU for women with a certain type...
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Article 5 mins
Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” This treaty, to which the United Kingdom is a signatory, could not be clearer that we recognise an inherent dignity within human beings and commit to ensuring that all human beings, regardless of gender, ethnicity or any other considerations are entitled to be treated with dignity. What this means in...
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Article 5 mins