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Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?
Languages

Is English squeezing out local languages in Uganda?

...centres where it is used in business, transport, church, media and as the medium of inter-ethnic communication. Baganda, who belong to Uganda’s subnational kingdom of Buganda, are both numerically and geographically the primary ethnic group of the capital city of Uganda, Kampala. Luganda is one of the first African languages to document the country’s indigenous...
Sea level rise in London, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in London, UK

...centres such as London are protected, whereas populations in small, poorer areas of the UK such as coastal villages and towns away from the cities are left vulnerable to future sea-level rise. Economic aspects of society are often given precedence in policymaking over social and environmental aspects. [Photos of London's River Thames] Canary Wharf - a major financial...
The machine that is still changing the world
Science, Maths & Technology

The machine that is still changing the world

...centre of gravity resides. To tap into the higher volume segments of the 12 million units-per-year market in China it is not sufficient to move your own assembly facility there: you have to take your entire supply chain with you and also deal with local infrastructure issues before you are fully established. All of this requires considerable investment and exposure to...
The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Stresses and strains

...centre of the pin. There’s some interesting evidence of pitting corrosion on the surface, the bearing surfaces. This would be the bearing surface of the pin over which the, uh, eyebars would rotate, and you can ... there is considerable pitting under the track of the one of the outer eyebars, and also ... underneath the cap, even deeper corrosion ... pitting caused...
What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...centres and networks as accounting for between 6 and 12% of total global energy use. While this is also an enormous chunk of total global energy use, there is a glimmer of hope here, because the internet industry is widely known to be advancing their switch from conventional fuels to renewable sources. However, there are nuances that we should be mindful of here, too....
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...research. There is no right answer to this activity. In real research, the true answer isn’t always known. The key to estimating the true answer is statistics: the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of numerical data. Scientists use a variety of statistical techniques to analyse data and estimate their uncertainty about the results. The point is, the...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...Children of God, pictured with their Jesus Bus, spreading The Gospel in Brighton, 1971. Activity 2 Timing: Allow approximately 25 minutes How might Figures 1, 2 and 3 display three aspects of changes in religion during the Sixties? Discussion The first is of the demolition of a church building in Chesterfield, England, around 1968. The picture is evidence of a wider...
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...children and communicating to the class teacher which were the exceptional children that he or she had to look out for over the coming year. A year later the inspector returned to the schools in the trial and discovered that the children identified in the earlier tests had indeed excelled and were regarded as being exceptionally able by the teachers involved. However the...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs