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What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?
Science, Maths & Technology

What astronomical object was the Christmas Star?

...world will perform nativity plays with Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus laid in a manger, visited by Shepherds, Angels and Wise Men. All watched over by a star. [Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) photographed during October 2024 on the western horizon]Figure 1 Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) photographed in October 2024 on the western horizonShow descriptionComet...
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Volkswagen scandal will send costly ripples through auto industry
Money & Business

Volkswagen scandal will send costly ripples through auto industry

...world get involved. Volkswagen has itself set aside almost $8 billion for recalls, and its market value has already plunged almost $28 billion (about 30%). This puts a conservative estimate of the cost to Volkswagen and its shareholders in the vicinity of at least $54 billion given fines outside the US and lost sales that result from the scandal. To the extent that...
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Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens
Education & Development

Disseminating across the margins: bridging communities and academia through a Black feminist lens

...world contexts. The importance of this process cannot be overstated, particularly when viewed through the lens of community engagement and inclusivity. The dissemination of research findings to communities and stakeholders is recognised as an essential aspect of research due to the contribution it can make to the translation of research into practice and policy...
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Article 35 mins
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...World Tracer System for baggage, found that just over 80% of the misplaced bags were reunited within 36 hours of being reported. Just under half of the luggage going missing seems to be transfer-related (i.e. when passengers have to make connecting flights), and then the next biggest category is when luggage fails to load or ticketing errors, accounting for 15% each....
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...world. However, care must be taken to ensure that the process doesn’t go too far, ending with you presenting yourself in an overly polished, corporate way that doesn’t truly represent what you have to offer. Transcript This free badged course, Personal branding for career success, will help you to pick your way through the concept of personal branding, developing and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...world we tend to look at reasons. Reasons can be analysed, and that's where academics tend to focus the study of ethics: on justifications. Sometimes the focus of analysis is on outcomes. When reasons have not been clearly expressed, ethicists often look at outcomes and try and find out what the reasons might have been. Naturally, reasons are not essential. We all do...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...world’ social marketing problems...Social marketing: 2.1 Definitions of marketing - Before we focus on ‘social marketing’ we should clarify the nature of ‘marketing’ as both an academic discipline and a management practice. Kotler and Armstrong (2008, p. 5) define marketing as follows: Marketing is human activity directed at satisfying needs and wants through...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...world might change quite radically. WOMAN 2 I was watching Fleabag recently, and she talks about how women's bodies are sites of pain from very early on. And I think we should celebrate the fact that we're kind of free from bleeding every month. And actually free from male sexual attention might not be such a bad thing. WOMAN I think if it was men that had periods instead...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs