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The July Crisis: A chronology
History & The Arts

The July Crisis: A chronology

...system This depiction of the Alliance system in 1914 illustrates the perceived ‘encirclement’ of the Triple Alliance, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, by the Entente Cordiale of France, Russia and Britain. The Entente Cordiale consisted of a formal alliance between France and Russia, but only an Entente (not a binding alliance) between Britain and...
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Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...system, such as Europa and Ganymede (moons of Jupiter) and Enceladus and Titan (Saturn), which may be habitable today. His work involves lab and field work to track how ocean chemistry and microorganisms can be delivered from the oceans to the icy surface. Team Mars [Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer] Dr. Susanne P. Schwenzer Associate Director, AstrobiologyOU Susanne is a...
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How do you become US President?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you become US President?

...system...Transcript The US is a federal, presidential system. It is federal because it is a union of fifty individual states and power being separated between the states and their federal government; presidential because the head of the federal government, the President, is also the head of state of the US. The President is elected by the people of the US every four years...
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Business Bursts: Failure
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Failure

...system and the banking system, governments all round the world had to intervene and you now have a fiscal crisis, whereby there’s rising public debts, rising public deficits and governments have limited room for manoeuvre for boosting the economy. In particular, they're limited in their room for manoeuvre for creating opportunities out of, or new phoenixes out of the...
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What foster carers want you to know
Health, Sports & Psychology

What foster carers want you to know

...system, professionals must listen to foster carers and respect their contribution. Doing so can improve foster carers’ wellbeing and ultimately benefit the children who rely on them. Recognising foster carers as partners in the team around the child, and not local authority resources, strengthens the entire care system. Valuing their voices promotes trust,...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...systems of rabbits, or the pollination of flowering plants, suggest that much school sex education in the UK in the 1950s and ‘60s, was carried out through the descriptions, though not the observations, of the reproductive habits of plants and non-human animals. It seems likely that boys, especially if educated in the public school (i.e. fee-paying) boarding system, may...
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What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...system of simple equations or perhaps quite complex equations into a computer programme and you can then set the programme to go to watch the interplay of the various factors that you’ve teased out as being important. So, for example, if you were trying to understand how the planets in the solar system move, then you would need to put in a mathematical description of...
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Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...system. You may have already encountered the UK’s immigration system, as it is often the subject of news reports. You may have a general interest or work, or be planning to work, within the immigration system itself. Whatever your reasons for studying, we hope that you find this course interesting and informative. UK immigration is a reserved area of law-making, and it...
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