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Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...working to make quantum computers a reality. By the end of this course, you will have a grasp of quantum computing fundamentals, its computational advantages, and the technological advancements shaping its future. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM380 Quantum physics: fundamentals and applications...Introduction to quantum...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...work in varying ways, with the potential to operate at different levels within sport. However, as you will learn throughout this course, there is often a lot of overlapping between the themes. In this course when the term ‘political’ is used, this is referring to one or more of the six different political themes outlined in the activity above. The politics of sport in...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...work poverty, the offer of ISAs without the prospect of real income growth is meaningless. Education Daniel Muijs, head of leadership, School Improvement and Effectiveness Research Centre, University of Southampton The chancellor’s push to convert all schools to academies by 2020 is a continuation of a longstanding Conservative policy to give schools more autonomy. The...
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The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...work by casting animals as characters with minds that are recognisably human. This superimposition of human minds and animals serves as a medium for transmitting and teaching moral and ethical values, in particular to children. It does this by drawing on the symbolic connection between nature and society and the dilemmas that this connection can be used to represent....
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Article 15 mins
Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...worked as a programming exec for European public channel ARTE, and produced many documentaries for UK and international channels through independent company Antelope and now for his own company Mixing Media. Transcript Earth in Vision Project Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 I’m Krishan Arora, I’m a consultant for SBS Television, which is Australia’s public...
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Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Krishan Arora - Earth in Vision

...worked as a programming exec for European public channel ARTE, and produced many documentaries for UK and international channels through independent company Antelope and now for his own company Mixing Media. Transcript Earth in Vision Project Wildscreen, 20th – 23rd October 2014 I’m Krishan Arora, I’m a consultant for SBS Television, which is Australia’s public...
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Video 10 mins
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the Pulfrich Effect

...work perfectly well if you wear spectacles – just hold the sunglasses in front of one lens. However, if your spectacles are of the photochromic variety that change shade according to the amount of light falling on them, holding the sunglassesi n front of one lens will reduce the light falling on that lens and therefore make it lighter. The end result may be that you do...
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The weakness of European Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The weakness of European Wales

...working-class identity. In that context, Welsh was a hindrance rather than a help to calls for the workers of the world to unite. So while the language now occupies an official status equal to that of English and is a compulsory subject in schools, today only 19 per cent of those living in Wales speak it, according to the 2011 census. That is certainly far more than speak...
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