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Volkswagen scandal will send costly ripples through auto industry
Money & Business

Volkswagen scandal will send costly ripples through auto industry

...determined, Winterkorn and Volkswagen are not the only ones who will bear the burden of its employees' actions. The ripples will spread far beyond its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, and the price tag borne by customers and suppliers could be staggering. Costs to VW and its customers The company stands to lose billions of dollars in the US alone as a result of this...
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Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...determined by the relationship between volatiles and magma. Sometimes a volcanic conduit is choked by debris from earlier eruptions, and this is cleared out by explosive release of gas from an underlying magma chamber. Little or no fresh magma is erupted, and the tephra consists largely of redistributed fragments of older volcanic rocks. This style of eruption is known as...
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Medicines and personalisation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicines and personalisation

...determine ongoing need, efficacy and potential harm Amending dose and frequency; using only when required in some cases Appreciating the limits of clinical trials evidence in older people Recognising individual barriers, values and beliefs around health and care Understanding the broader social context on the impact of medicines use Balancing quality of life, symptom...
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Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete
Health, Sports & Psychology

Adam Peaty: the family behind the athlete

...determined to make the most of what I did have and give 110% in training." Adam Peaty, GB Swimmer [Adam Peaty Rio 2016] Peaty’s success demonstrates that although environmental factors such as financial support can be influential other contributing factors are sometimes more important, such as attitudes and beliefs about the value of sport. The majority of young...
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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...determined by the people within it, they can choose how to define it. Whatever their way of life might be, what intrinsic or extrinsic aspects there are which distinguish a group from another, the parts they want to be proud of, the parts that bring them shame - it’s consensual between the members (Holliday, 1999). Why should I deepen my understanding of cultures? [blue...
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Internet of everything
Digital & Computing

Internet of everything

...determine how successful we are in this next chapter in the evolution of the internet. Learn more about the IoE at Cisco’s IoE website...Session 1: What is the IoE?: 1.3 Globally connected - The reality is that we are all globally connected. For many of us, our friends on social media no longer reside down our street or in our town. Humanity has become globally...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...determine which part of the performance is the chorus (this may not be immediately clear). In the box below, answer the following questions: What are the words of the chorus? (Don’t worry if you can’t make these out exactly.) How is the placement of this chorus different from that of ‘Be My Baby’? How many times do you hear the chorus? What is the track time at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...determining how people react to situations, and, more than that, the kind of situations they get themselves into in the first place. This is why personality seems to become stronger as we get older; when we are young, our situation reflects external factors such as the social and family environment we were born into. As we grow older, we are more and more reaping the...
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