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Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...becoming a national statesman. This was not to be. By 1768 he was a symbol of private greed and would have lost the seat had he not outmanoeuvred the winner on appeal. The Bengal famine began the following year. The historical evidence shows that even though EIC officials knew families were starving, some of its officers engaged in the hoarding and profiteering of grain,...
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Article 20 mins
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...become weightless and are in an environment of microgravity, but only for a few seconds, until they're back down to Earth with a bang. Video 1 What is microgravity? Activity 1 What is microgravity? Timing: Allow approximately 15 minutes Complete the following statements, based on what you learned in Video 1. Now watch Video 2, which discusses parabolic flights and how...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law
Science, Maths & Technology

Electromagnetism: testing Coulomb’s law

...becomes r sub 12 times r hat sub 12 equals bold r sub one minus bold r sub two full stop Equation label: (7) This notation is convenient because the indices 1 and 2 are in the same order on both sides of the equation. However, remember that the displacement is from q sub two to q sub one . The left-hand index labels the end-point and the right-hand index labels the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...become worn down by constant grinding of plant material between them. The teeth are composed of softer and harder materials, notably dentine and enamel. The overlying enamel is a hard, resistant layer, especially important in the incisor teeth of rodents. When they first erupt, the molar teeth of herbivores often have an extra coating layer of cement (similar to the layer...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Additive manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Additive manufacturing

...become possible owing to advances in the quality of the output produced by machines originally designed for RP (Figure 2). Many parts are now in fact produced in a fully functional, final state and are therefore not prototypes, despite being produced using machines recognisable as rapid prototypers. [Described image] Figure 2 Example of a latest-generation (in 2015) rapid...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...become more effective leaders of teams and organisations, and to engage more effectively with key community stakeholders...This free course is one in a series focusing on leadership, decision-making and communication in the context of policing with the community. This particular course focuses on the challenge of leadership and leading change in an ever-changing policing...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...become a better ally. Let me know in the comments below. Don't forget to subscribe. And I'll see you when I see you. Bye. Video 2: 5 Tips For Being An Ally Becoming a good ally is not a quick change, and it requires a consistent approach. Atcheson (2021) describes allyship as: a lifelong process of building relationships based on trust, consistency, and accountability...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding science: what we cannot know Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding science: what we cannot know

...become a synonym for the opposite (most notably in George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four). But, as you will see, there are parts of mathematics where certainty is a commodity in short supply. The two mathematical ideas you’ll explore this week are chance and chaos – both of which will be demonstrated through the rolling of dice. Here’s Marcus to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs