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Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...change many times during the course of a day...Design thinking: 2.2 Changing our behaviour - The word ‘need’ also implies improvement. We design new things because we think they will improve our lives somehow; for example, they may make us look better, feel better about ourselves, develop us, help us communicate more or get about more easily. Design changes us for the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...change jobs, are you just starting in the job market or may be returning after a break? If so, then this free course, Succeed in the workplace, is for you. It will help you explore career opportunities. You will also gain the skills to write strong CVs and application forms, and to handle different types of interviews. By the end of the course you will have made a start...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...change is forced in particular directions, perhaps by the 'needs of animals'. If, as a student of evolution, you use such language, others might conclude that you believe in 'directed evolution'. As you'll appreciate when we discuss in more detail how evolution is driven by natural selection operating on random variation, this concept is exactly contrary to how evolution...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...changed beyond recognition. The first cases of the virus we now call COVID-19 were detected in China’s Hubei Province at the end of December 2019. Now, for most of us, the virus affects everything we do – and don’t do. It’s all we hear about on the news, but it can be difficult to distill the information we really need to know. Where did COVID-19 come from? We...
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Article 10 mins
Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution
Society, Politics & Law

Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution

...change, says Chris Martin...The rapidly growing influence of Silicon Valley owners over sharing economy platforms is a troubling development. The growing strength and pervasiveness of these platforms means their owners have significant power to impose their visions of what it means to be a citizen or worker in cities across the globe. [An honesty box selling jams and...
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Article 5 mins
Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is there a tax on tampons - and why is it so hard to make sanitary protection tax free?

...change in position. Following the House of Commons vote, the financial chief secretary to the treasury, David Gauke said he would “raise this issue with the European Commission and other member states setting out our views that it should be possible for member states to apply a zero-rate to sanitary products.” It is surprising that a request has not been made to the...
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Article 5 mins
Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?

...changing consumer patterns, online retailing and out-of-town shopping. There are grains of truth in this, but at its core, this is a tale of a business being out-competed by smarter, nimbler rivals over a number of years. BHS, formerly British Home Stores, became a town centre stalwart after opening its first shop in Brixton back in 1928. More recently, the brand has been...
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Article 5 mins
Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?

...change. I recently discovered first hand that this presumption is wrong and seriously misguides British public perception of post-EU relations with Europe. Even more serious, it serves as a barrier to establishing a rational negotiating strategy by Theresa May’s government. In the same way that there remains disagreement in the UK over whether or not Brexit should still...
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Article 5 mins