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Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...works for you). It is this fine line that the Brits will have to master. You want EU partners on board with an a la carte exit? Avoid idiosyncratic, ad-hoc demands and find arguments based on generalizable principles. Equation 3: DUK ≠ U+B This brings us to the last equation, concerning the process and approach to deal-making that is likely to work on the continent....
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What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?

...work on Apple devices. In my research on protection of the right to private and family life of EU citizens in the UK post-Brexit, I note some gaps in the Draft Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and EU, published in March 2018. The new document from the Home Office does add some helpful details, especially on how exactly settlement will work. It resolves the issue of...
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Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...works of Sigmund Freud...[Image of Sigmund Freud] Theories don’t emerge from a vacuum. To understand Freud’s ideas it is useful to get some sense of his life. He was born in 1856 and spent most of his life in Vienna; only moving to London in the last year of his life to escape the hostility of the Nazis. While there is every evidence (for example from his letters)...
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Depression, mood and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Depression, mood and exercise

...work so efficiently. For more information on how to keep our brain working well please click here. Physical activity does not always mean running, swimming or going to the gym or attend classes. These are, of course, healthy activities but may not be suitable for all of us or not at the beginning of a lifestyle change journey. Being physically active also means not...
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The Open University's Carbon Calculator
Nature & Environment

The Open University's Carbon Calculator

...work, all cookies need to be enabled on some browsers. When this calculator was developed the average carbon footprint of a person living in the UK was calculated at 14.6 tonnes CO2e/year. Since then, emissions from the UK electricity system, some other sectors and embedded in imports have fallen as the UK and other countries attempt to move towards net zero. According to...
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It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name
Society, Politics & Law

It’s all in a name: why I refuse to use a ‘white’ name

...work as my wife was expecting our second child during the COVID-19 pandemic. I eventually decided to begin the application process but first I needed to dust off my 12+ years old CV and update it. What better than to ask my old friend Jas (short for Jaswant) who had just secured a great job recently I thought? However, the conversation took a turn I wasn’t expecting:...
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Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...work of Virginia Woolf, one of the most significant modernist writers of the twentieth century. You’ll read about the historical context that led to the writing of this novel, which was written during the late 1930s, and published during the Second World War. You’ll explore Woolf’s views on the role of this novel, and the wider significance of literature and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...working together? CS Yes it's a combination of things. We need to use every - every renewable technology we possibly can to make change. Many students ask me how they can work on bioenergy. And while it's certainly possible there's many ways to work on plants in that context, I actually think it's important to remember that ultimately the land that we need to produce...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs