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The Z Files: Professor Geoff Palmer
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Professor Geoff Palmer

...course I didn’t get it; however I saw the advert for a PhD opportunity in Edinburgh, and I applied and I came up to this city. My link with this industry when I look around started in 1968. I’d finished my PhD on barley and I went to the Brewing Research Foundation, this elite institution, there wasn’t even a black person in retail much less in the research...
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Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year

...15 days in total. Celebrate the new year by dipping into some of our fantastic resources on China and Chinese. In addition to those free resources, you may also wish to have look at our newly launched short course in Chinese business culture, starting on 27th February 2021. Happy Niu/New Year! Want to learn some Chinese words and phrases? Explore Chinese culture...
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Soil as the book of nature
Nature & Environment

Soil as the book of nature

...the OPAL national soil and earthworm survey. Support those who are working to improve soils situation, such as the Soil Association. Open University courses Neighbourhood nature [Free version] Environment: journeys through a changing world Other links BBC One - Life British Society for Soil Science International Union of Soil Sciences European Union Soil Thematic Strategy...
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Do boys need male role models?
Education & Development

Do boys need male role models?

...course boys, and girls, benefit from the presence in their lives of positive, involved fathers. But it is difficult to single out fathers as making a unique contribution. Conversely, focussing on the need for a ‘male role model’ downplays the important contribution of women, whether mothers or female teachers and welfare workers. Beyond the family, research has...
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Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...course K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice... Belfast - healthy city A short introduction to this album. Healthy Cities: the idea Ilona Kickbusch on how the Healthy Cities Movement began in the mid nineteen eighties as a European initiative. Healthy Cities: the reality Ilona Kickbusch on how the initiative spread out from Europe to the rest of...
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Finite Element Analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Finite Element Analysis

...course T884 An introduction to Finite Element Analysis... Finite element analysis in Formula 1 A short introduction to this album. This is Formula 1! How final element analysis is used to get maximum performance out of Formula 1 cars, focussing on two components: the wheel hub and the 'tub'. Component function The first step in final element analysis is to understand...
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What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...course of retrenchment. Despite the EU’s June publication of its Global Strategy report, it has steadily embarked on being less of a global player in the course of the last three years. Pressured by Russian belligerence and unprecedented migration flows, the EU has slowly but perceptibly abandoned its ‘out-of-area’ commitments in favour of guarding its borders on...
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Stephen Hawking: The tributes
Science, Maths & Technology

Stephen Hawking: The tributes

...course, brilliant. — errolmorris (@errolmorris) March 14, 2018 Australian reaction There have been reactions too from the world of Astronomy in Australia. Alan Duffy, Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology Professor Stephen Hawking was an inspiration to me to become not just a scientist but a communicator of that science. His work as...
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