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Management and the unconscious mind
Money & Business

Management and the unconscious mind

...data many of us are oblivious to as we go about our lives, but can the information contained within the unconscious mind aid managers within the work place? In the following audio discussion Guy Claxton, a psychologist from the University of Bristol argues that the parts of the psyche that operate independent of conscious reasoning can in fact be used to solve problems in...
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Audio 6 mins
Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...data than ever gathered before. The analysis of rocks samples returned from the Moon revealed that the Earth and Moon were compositionally similar. Information gathered during this golden age of space exploration proved crucial for the demise of past theories on the Moon’s formation, because none could account for all the data we have now. Even later theories that took...
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Video 15 mins
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...data can be used to compare and contrast expenditure and resource management...School business manager: developing the role: 1 A revolution in schools - The school we are in today will not be the school we are in tomorrow. This is especially apparent when the government's Extended Schools and Every Child Matters agendas for English schools are added to the mix, together...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
When should you use a stacked area chart?
Science, Maths & Technology

When should you use a stacked area chart?

...data on which the chart is based. COMPANY Q1Y1 Q2Y1 Q3Y1 Q4Y1 Q1Y2 Q2Y2 Blue 10 11 15 25 45 80 Green 15 16 17 18 19 20 Orange 75 73 68 57 36 0 Oh, dear. Green’s market share has been increasing, not decreasing. The discrepancy arises because the chart plots the market share vertically, but we perceive the thickness of a stream at right angles to its general direction....
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Article 5 mins
Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring
Nature & Environment

Automated, satellite-based volcano monitoring

...data with (i) petrological composition, (ii) sample properties, and (iii) high-resolution RS data of the same target. Measured spectral emissivity results are further used in remote sensing applications to constrain very high-temperature thermal anomalies (i.e. active lava flows with integrated pixel temperatures - close to or above 1000 K) and in melt mass flux...
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Article 5 mins
Blockchain in Education
Digital & Computing

Blockchain in Education

...that enables the secure and resilient management of distributed data in combination with data analytics techniques that add scale and flexibility to the way levels of qualifications are defined and granted. Click here to download the video transcript (PDF) This article is adapted from an OpenLearn Create course under a Creative Commons license. Visit the original course....
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Article 5 mins
Language in professional life
Languages

Language in professional life

...analysis. Over the six weeks, you’ll look at how language is used in branding, English for academic purposes, organisational culture, health communication, speech and language therapy and mediation. Each week includes activities which guide you in the analysis of oral and written language and help you to reflect on effective communication in professional life...This...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...data also show middle earners are more likely to eat fast food frequently, averaging a little over four meals during the three weeks, compared with three for the richest and 3.7 for the poorest. Because the data occurred over a four-year period, we were also able to examine whether dramatic changes in wealth or income altered individuals’ eating habits. The data showed...
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Article 5 mins