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Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...opening up those areas of expertise, so there’s more collaboration and that that cascades, that technology, that data gathering expertise can all be put to better use for nature conservation and also the equipment and the materials can be given to people on the ground to help them manage that human/nature interaction much better and address some of the really big issues...
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Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...Open University. Nigel: For more information about Ethics Bites, and about the Open University, go to Open2.net. David: In 1975, Animal Liberation was published: in hindsight, a seminal work of philosophy, marking the birth of the modern animal rights movement – though its author spoke not of rights per se, but, as a utilitarian, in terms, put crudely, of maximising...
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Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!
Money & Business

Understanding management: I'm managing thank you!

...sources of information, a vital ingredient in successful writing for both academic and business purposes. A case study within the course will introduce you to Kiran, a mother of two who wishes to return to paid employment in her chosen profession of teaching. We will see that the decisions she faces and the work she must do to manage her return successfully are much more...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...Open University. It can also be used as Continuing Professional Development by individuals or groups of teachers. The authors have many years’ experience of teaching mathematics in the classroom and in Initial and Continuing Teacher Education...This free course, Teaching mathematics, has been designed for non-specialist mathematics teachers of 8 to 14 year olds,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...source of future outbreaks, as is the case with Ebola, or whether the mutation arose and died out in animals, but not before being transmitted to humans. The evolutionary history of the pathogen seems to take a back seat in the news coverage, for obvious reasons, but it is important. Zoonoses, or infections which originate in animals and are passed to humans, often cause...
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Article 10 mins
Do independent enterprises really matter?
Money & Business

Do independent enterprises really matter?

...sources of real originality and difference, which rarely survive the transition to corporate life. This may be preserved if the parent corporation takes a deliberately ‘hands off’ approach, but it is difficult to resist pressure to ‘grow’ the brand – and in the context of environmental limits to growth scaling may not be the right the answer, even if it...
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Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?
Society, Politics & Law

Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?

...source of imports and enjoys a substantial trade surplus on UK trade). The UK gross contribution to the EU budget in 2015 was €18.2 billion or about 12% of the total, though the net contribution (once you remove payments Britain receives from the EU) was about 8%. How to cover this revenue shortfall presents a major political problem to member states and especially the...
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Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
Science, Maths & Technology

Chemical vapour deposition (CVD)

...source of carbon and nitrogen (instead of CH4 and N2), and the lower temperatures reduce the risk of edge brittleness in cemented carbide tips. PACVD uses an argon plasma to heat the substrate material, thus lowering the temperature of the process to 400–500˚C. In diffusion CVD the coating, substrate and temperature are chosen so the coating reacts with the substrate...
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