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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...research, you do need to provide a reference to show that you are aware of complexity as well as to avoid plagiarism. Here are two examples. Would you describe this information as common knowledge? Example 4 Henry VIII of England ruled from 1509–1547: Yes/No Answer Yes Even if you didn’t know the dates of Henry VIII you would probably have no difficulty in finding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are old voting machines a threat to democracy?

...research, we project that in November 43 states will use voting machines that are at least a decade old. [ Diebold Elections System AccuVote-TSx DRE voting machine with a VVPAT attachment] Diebold Elections System AccuVote-TSx DRE voting machine with a VVPAT attachment That’s a problem for three big reasons. Breakdowns lead to lines, and lost votes First, while no one...
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Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?

...research which examines more than 130 Congressional corruption cases over 35 years, Marko Klasnja finds that part of the answer is voters’ lack of attention. Whereas voters with high levels of political awareness penalize corrupt politicians compared to clean ones, voters with lower levels of political awareness do not...[The US capitol building shrouded in fog, as if...
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Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...research at Aberdeen University Research Archive: Food Control - Consumer acceptability of interventions to reduce Campylobacter in the poultry food chain Is the European objection to chlorine-washed chicken a new thing? Not at all - in fact, the question of what happens to chickens has been an issue for the entire life of the single market. In 1998, the University of...
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iSpot: Your place to share nature
Nature & Environment

iSpot: Your place to share nature

...research it builds species identification skills and contributes to biological data recording in the UK and globally. iSpot is a network of tens of thousands of nature observers, both experts and novices, who have posted over 800,000 observations, with 1.6 million images, identifying over 30,000 species. Some of the images supplied by iSpot users are displayed on this...
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On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!
Society, Politics & Law

On Brexit, Hamsters & Hungry Pythons!

...research income are taken into account, the figure is closer to £161 million a week. So the £350 million figure is an invention or just a lie. But the £161 million is still a significant amount the UK could use on healthcare if we leave the EU. Except it couldn’t. Non-member countries in Europe who want to trade with the EU’s single market, Like Switzerland and...
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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...research was pioneered by The Open University with the first major quantitative study, the ‘Factor 10 Visions’ study ‘Towards Sustainable HE’ (Roy et al. 2005; Roy et al. 2008) followed by the Jisc-funded SusTEACH research and development project – ‘Sustainability Tools for Environmental Appraisal of Carbon impacts of HE teaching models using ICTs’ that I...
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The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The evolution of sports medicine over the last 50 Years: From the wet sponge to holistic care

...research in sports medicine and sport and exercise science has allowed training and sports medicine practices to develop, and the modern-day sports medicine professional has a wealth of treatment options and modalities to choose from – far more than were previously available. The advances are too numerous to discuss in detail in this article but treatments such as...
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