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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...think of that planning system that took so many years? COLIN MATTHEWS: Well, I think it took about 18 years for T5 to go through planning. And that’s just too long. That’s not serving the interests of the UK, to take that long over thinking about important bits of national infrastructure. Having said that, though, I don’t think that’s all down to the planning...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...system. So that might be large-scale institutions in many parts of the world called orphanages but very rarely orphans are held in them. Or the increasing development of foster care and adoption, although that’s very small in many countries. Where the vast majority of children go is in what we call kinship care or extended family. So, this is where the grandmothers and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?
Education & Development

Are you a socially intelligent educational leader?

...think this isn’t possible, or that it seems impractical or unrealistic, and you may be correct in thinking this. On the other hand, you may also think that it’s important to be inclusive of others, and that social spaces should be inclusive in nature. Your thinking in this respect might, for example, encompass learning environments or workspaces, and the individual...
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Article 5 mins
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...system because we think it’s basically unfair. People’s votes don’t count the same. You can be in some parts of the country where if you vote Labour, you’ll never get a Labour MP and your vote is wasted. And other parts you can vote Conservative or Liberal Democrats and your vote is wasted because you’ll never return under first-past-the-post system, the current...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Young children and the climate crisis
Education & Development

Young children and the climate crisis

...systems and had conversations about ‘saving the environment’. You may be making connections with nature by cultivating responsibility for a patch of woodland to ensure the next generation will care more about local wildlife than the current one. I’m an early years practitioner and woodland enthusiast and I confess that there have been times when putting a plastic...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...think it is safe to introduce an automated system which would make this inequitable system more efficient? Another way of putting this question might be: do you think it is safe to design an efficiently inequitable system? Given the choice of deploying such technology with the result of a more efficient yet inequitable system, or delaying such ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Science, Maths & Technology

How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?

...think you have cancer symptoms in these strange times? This articles explains...Cancer patients and their families are likely to feel anxious about the continuity of their treatment plan during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have collected a series of frequently asked questions regarding patients with different stages of disease. This advice has been gathered from various...
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Article 10 mins
Porn licensing isn't the answer
Digital & Computing

Porn licensing isn't the answer

...thinks children can be protected from web porn by building barriers. Good luck with that, says Andrew Smith...[A poster with an anti-pornography message] Won't someone think of the children? The UK government and many other interested international bodies are duly concerned about the proliferation of internet pornography. The latest development under consideration is the...
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Article 5 mins