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Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...work being done by women entrepreneurs, we must question existing accelerator culture and what an ideal candidate looks like. Currently they only serve to reduce women’s confidence and interest in entering the programmes. Furthermore, the lack of women within accelerator programmes results in a lack of female role models, making it challenging for a woman to imagine...
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World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...work and or pleasure. Some examples from Milton Keynes, where the OU is headquartered are given here, but there are equivalent schemes elsewhere too. The big one is the Parks Trust of Milton Keynes, which manages the green spaces in the town (comprising whopping 25% of the town) with many events from music, open-air cinema to regular activities including walking, running...
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How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?
Nature & Environment

How are tiny air pollutants causing massive storms in the Amazon?

...workings of tropical rain.” The research team analysed the influence of ultrafine particles on cloud cycles in the rainforest during the 2014 rainy season, when there were no forest fires and the only source of pollution was Manaus, the largest city in the Amazon. The city’s two million inhabitants and 500,000 vehicles add to the pollution released by thermoelectric...
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Can you learn a language with an app?
Languages

Can you learn a language with an app?

...should not feel threatened by apps. Instead, teachers should encourage their students to use them to do the repetitive grammar work, leaving precious class time for more language interaction. Fernando Rosell-Aguilar, Senior lecturer in Spanish and Open Media Fellow, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Multipoint cutting (translational)
Science, Maths & Technology

Multipoint cutting (translational)

...work depends on feed, which may be manual or power, and is normally 100–200 N but may as well be as high as 400 N when cutting a straight line. Flood or mist cooling. Blades supplied in coils that are cut to length and resistance butt-welded. Blade speeds are normally 10–400 m min-1. A wide variety of blade designs and materials available, which can be used for...
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May's lost her majority - so what happens now?
Society, Politics & Law

May's lost her majority - so what happens now?

...work with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The latter has ten seats, so a deal with the Conservatives would result in a government with a very slim majority for parliamentary votes. But if they take this route it would take an iron discipline within the Conservative party to put together and pass a legislative programme for the next five years. Just a...
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The Goldlist method: Learning vocabulary by writing it down
Languages

The Goldlist method: Learning vocabulary by writing it down

...works Thousands of people swear the goldlist method and use it happily every day. The author of the method is David James, a polyglot who created the method based on how our brains remember new information: as long as they receive it in a relaxed state, they will naturally pick a few items that will be stored in long-term memory. You can’t influence which words the...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy

...work costs associated with pollution and broaden a country’s manufacturing base. John Mathews and Hao Tan explore these green opportunities in the Chinese context in their article “Want to see the business case for green energy? Just look at China”. Nevertheless, there are substantial challenges for fostering “green businesses”. It required a large amount of...
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