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The house doesn't always win
Digital & Computing

The house doesn't always win

...example of internet of things being abused by large companies; Wolf Richter (awesome name) wrote about how his American healthcare provider is pressurising him to use an internet-connected toothbrush in order to receive cheaper dental care: https://wolfstreet.com/2018/04/14/our-dental-insurance-sent-us-free-internet-connected-toothbrushes-and-this-is-what-happened-next/...
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The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community
Money & Business

The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community

...free online learning platform designed to give founders the skills and knowledge they need to start and grow a tech business. With video and written content on topics such as starting a business, marketing and sales, product development and fundraising, founders and their teams will have access to the tools that can help them succeed. Eagle Labs Academy (uk.barclays)...
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Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...free access to knowledge and culture for all. And harking back to the Hercules strike banner of 1889, the British Dockers’ homegrown cry for justice and equality, it too had a green and red background. These are the colours of conflict, so curtain up for a new dawn of a better society I would say (End of Mini Lecture) Trades Union banners and membership certificates...
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Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...free movement of qualifications’) there will need to be a high level of compliance with the existing requirements. The greater the shared compliance maintained, the less that health care practice can diverge and adapt. However, greater divergence will increase the amount of re-education and training that will need to take place if health care professionals move between...
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Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...free as possible, we have omitted or simplified some technical nuances and details with respect to how GenAI works. What is GenAI? Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are sub-sets of the broader field of data science, which seeks to extract insights from a given set of data. GenAI is a form of AI that can generate, for example, text, images, video and...
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From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?
Society, Politics & Law

From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?

...course – or at least at the surface level they seem to be very different. The period 2014-2019 sees many hundred years anniversaries coming about – many relating to the First World War or to particular events associated with it and its immediate aftermath. The period around WW1 and immediately after was one of far reaching and rapid social, economic and political...
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Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

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

...course have gone from the High Street, as has Woolworths which was the original inspiration for British Home Stores. Many independent local department stores have also closed (such as McEwans of Perth). BHS was, in many ways, occupying the same space in consumers’ minds as all these retailers – and even as rivals exited the market it could not trade sufficiently...
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QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...courses and qualifications. On 10th December 2022, Morocco beat Portugal to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup. Before this, Senegal qualified for the 2nd round, with Ghana, Cameroon and Tunisia also disproving the myth that African coaches are tactically naïve. So, what is the history of head coaches (in men’s football) being native to the country they are...
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