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First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...carbon dioxide and so on became important to politicians and to governments, the time for this technology to go into the marketplace had come. I decided to have a go at forming my own company. And that worked. The first one I formed I sold twice and bought back once. I used that money to do some other things. CATHERINE BOTTRILL: I was a researcher at Oxford University in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...carbon emissions. a. Around 42% b. Around 62% c. Around 82% The correct answer is c. c. Yes, but 65% of people were wrong. Fossil fuels are still the dominant source of energy; despite advances in the availability and use of renewable energy, fossil fuels constitute around 82% of global energy use (e.g. BP, 2020). There’s still a long way to go to cut harmful carbon...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...carbon-based polymers containing low atomic-number atoms – mainly carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen. Bone absorbs X-rays more strongly than the surrounding soft tissue (Figure 1). Why is this? Figure 1 X-ray of a broken bone. Bone not only contains elements with higher atomic number than the surrounding soft tissue, such as calcium and phosphorus, but also is denser...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...carbon fibre. At the front of the vehicle, a steel, aluminium and carbon fibre subframe carries the engine, transmission and front suspension. Engine control, transmission and braking all make extensive use of microelectronics. The Aston Martin V12 Vanquish was launched in 2001, and is made at the Aston Martin plant in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire. Each car is hand...
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Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...footprint. You will act as a ‘data controller’ when you collect personal data and could be held accountable for any breach of your data subjects’ privacy. You may have heard that academic researchers may be able to rely on exemptions to GDPR if their research is in the public interest, but you always must ensure the rights of data subjects are protected with...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...carbon dioxide (CO2) as the waste products of combustion. Although definitions of the Anthropocene have largely focused on how humans have controlled fire for industrial purposes, this period has also been marked by an increase in wildfires and their intensity. For millions of years many plants and animals have taken advantage of naturally occurring wildfires, triggered...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...carbon pollution into the atmosphere. The richest 50% of the world’s population emit 90% of carbon pollution into the atmosphere. The poorest 3.9 billion people have contributed just 10% of the carbon pollution in our atmosphere (Maslin, 2021). Some people have felt it necessary to take action against climate crisis. One important figure is Greta Thunberg. In 2018 she...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...carbon dioxide as they grow and releasing it when the derived fuel is burned for energy. Biofuels, therefore, can be carbon neutral. They can contribute to energy security for countries by reducing dependence on fossil fuels – oil, gas and coal – which may otherwise have to be imported from another country. The degree of economic uncertainty under which food and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs