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Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis
Society, Politics & Law

Question Time for Yanis Varoufakis

...work out the optimal bluffing strategies and credible threats, given available information. Our task was different: it was to persuade the “other” side to change their motivation vis-à-vis Greece. I represented a small, suffering nation in its sixth straight year of deep recession. Bluffing with our people’s fate would be irresponsible. So I did not. Instead, we...
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Rhyddhau amrywiaeth y gorffennol
History & The Arts

Rhyddhau amrywiaeth y gorffennol

...work. I told her that there was no law against her wearing men’s clothing decently, if she did not steal it. After she had two more convictions, I fitted her out with the clothes she wanted, and paid her fare to South Wales. she got work in a night shift, and lay on her back in a coal-pit hewing coal. Ymdriniwyd â'r math hwn o chwilio yn y canllaw ymchwil, Morgannwg...
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A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Education & Development

A tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu

...work as an apprentice pipe organ builder. I received occasional cassette tapes from the Cathedral as my step-mother and others continued the tape ministry after my father’s sudden death in July 1988 (+Desmond sent flowers to us after my father died – the same experience retired Bishop of Natal Michael Nuttal has just talked about in the sermon at +Desmond’s...
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Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...work directly with AI when, as Couzens (n.d.) states, they predominantly rely on algorithms, indicating that the role AI plays in sports is not always clear. So, what do we mean when we talk about AI in sports and what can it do? [Wooden blocks with symbol of digital disruption concept on blue background] ‘A branch of computer science that aims to create machines and...
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Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...work they really like and learn some of it and actually walk around the house, or if you feel very bold, at the bus stop, and speak that stuff aloud and see how it feels. It's not something that you can analyse intellectually, but it's a very physical way of engaging with play writing. I would say the best thing to do is not to even worry about the exposition. Certainly...
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Evolutionary tree of mammals
Nature & Environment

Evolutionary tree of mammals

...work out which mammals are most closely related to each other appreciate the importance of bringing together evidence from different sources...School activities: Evolutionary tree of mammals: 1 Natural groups - Darwin made extensive observations on a great many creatures, including mammals, and noticed that species fell into natural groups, e.g. lions, tigers and leopards...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Life in the trees

...work through the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Studying mammals: Life in the trees: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify the common features shown by tree-dwelling mammals from different groups show an awareness of the difficulties of classifying primates,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...work together in huge numbers, but they do so in a very rigid manner and only with close relatives. Wolves and chimpanzees cooperate far more flexibly than ants, but they can do so only with small numbers of other individuals that they know intimately. Sapiens can cooperate in extremely flexible ways with countless numbers of strangers. Any large-scale human...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs