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How is Milton Keynes a ‘smart’ city?
Society, Politics & Law

How is Milton Keynes a ‘smart’ city?

...city’, and how is smart rooted into Milton Keynes’ past and future?...50 years ago, the government authorised a unique experiment in urban culture, planning and transport - the New Town of Milton Keynes. The following video takes a look at MK, to examine how technology and innovation have shaped its past, and how the digital is set to change its future. Transcript...
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Video 10 mins
Free online courses for refugees
Society, Politics & Law

Free online courses for refugees

...educational support and finance Cara (the Council for At-Risk Academics) provides urgently-needed help to academics in immediate danger, those forced into exile, and many who choose to work on in their home countries despite serious risks. Cara also supports higher education institutions whose work is at risk or compromised. Kiron offers free online learning opportunities...
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Article 5 mins
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...technological and social innovation; commercial and social enterprise; independent and corporate entrepreneurship. It also helps learners to develop subject-related skills, knowledge and understanding as they participate in activities including preparing a ‘visual essay’, taking part in online negotiations and developing their own proposals for an innovative...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

...education that explain low productivity. The NI economy being locked in a kind of underdevelopment trap that is an important element in explaining the persistence of weak economic performance linked to productivity. Figure 2 shows the continuing productivity challenge since the GFA in relation to the rest of UK. [Productivity, output per hour (UK=100)] Figure 2:...
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About University Ready
Education & Development

About University Ready

...education...[Four students sitting at a table smiling] So, you’re heading to university! It’s an exciting prospect, but you’re sure to have questions about what’s in store. That’s why we have pulled together resources from universities in Wales to help make your time in higher education rewarding, fun, and safe. University Ready is your easy-to-use hub, whether...
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Article 5 mins
Using data visualisation to track climate change
Nature & Environment

Using data visualisation to track climate change

...Technology Studies (ACTS) in Kenya, the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden, in cooperation with the UNFCCC secretariat, and supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a statement from DIE last month (16 January). Visit the Nationally Determined Contributions Explorer The experts created a database from the (I)NDCs or...
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Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?

...education. Another area in which the public was even more of one mind was in their awareness that the NHS has a funding problem. To find out where those left out of rising prosperity differed from the rest, however, we need to look at other survey questions. These introduce two important caveats to the popular narrative: that at least until the eve of the referendum...
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Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

Teamwork: an introduction for school governors (Wales)

...educational context. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school governors in Wales...Welcome This course provides a brief introduction to the field of teamworking. You can also access the other courses in this collection: An introduction to leadership for governors and Inclusive education: knowing what we mean. Teamwork plays an...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs