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Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...think that anyone really can. What I can do (and try in few words to explain) is to make some suggestions about why I think this has all happened. And in a complex issue like this perhaps half a loaf is better than no bread. So when Merrill Ring asked me to explain Brexit to an American audience, I decided to give it a go. The British Conservative Party (the Tories) have...
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How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth

...systems operate to form our environment. Every planet except one in the Solar System has a gaseous atmosphere, as do some moons and even some dwarf planets. Why does the Earth’s atmosphere make it so perfect as a home for life? The Earth’s atmosphere The atmosphere is thin and light, a gas that is only bound to the solid mass of the Earth by gravity. The mass of the...
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An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...systems are examples of web applications. Web services describes a standardised way of integrating web applications using the internet standards and protocols. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course TT284 Web Technologies...An introduction to web applications architecture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...think in the late eighties there were a series of programmes not just on the BBC, but Channel 4 as well, and I remember one in particular that was called A Decade of Destruction and I think having wanted to travel and having a sense of adventure and wanting to see the world, I then saw programmes like that, that made me really care about the world and what was happening....
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Video 30 mins
For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...think of it not as sleep-depriving people, but as modifying or enlarging the period of the sleep–wake cycle from 24 to 48 hours,” says Benedetti. “People go to bed every two nights, but when they go to bed, they can sleep for as long as they want.” San Raffaele Hospital first introduced triple chronotherapy in 1996. Since then, it has treated close to a thousand...
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Article 15 mins
Introduction to child psychology
Education & Development

Introduction to child psychology

...system is based on restorative justice. The impact is immeasurable in my eyes. I think, how you can quantify that is we were Ofsteded at the end of February this year and we came out good across the board and it was noted about our children’s good behaviour and their understanding of restorative justice and it’s just been really empowering for them. In turn, that’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
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Education & Development

Succeeding in postgraduate study

...think about how easy it would be to understand what needs to be changed in the annual leave booking system. Discussion A.This is not specific enough to be useful. The feedback would be more helpful if it said which aspects of the system were ‘liked’. B.It is not clear here what needs to be done, as the ‘actionable’ part of this feedback is hidden in compliments....
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Saving capitalists from themselves?
Society, Politics & Law

Saving capitalists from themselves?

...think Teresa May and Donald Trump will defend us? 'Talk about foxes guarding hen houses' says Joe. ...[A banner reading "Capitalism isn't working" (a pun on the Conservative election poster "Labour isn't working") at the G20 Meltdown protest in London on 1 April 2009] For the first time, one per cent of the world population controls more than half of the world's wealth,...
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