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The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts

...La Une du cahier éco ce vendredi pic.twitter.com/HHd388eVcu — LeMondeEcoEnt (@LeMondeEcoEnt) June 24, 2016 The independent website Médiapart used a brilliant oxymoron, describing the decision as a “welcome catastrophe” and arguing that Brexit offers a unique opportunity for reform of the long-criticised EU. The result highlighted how the political class in France...
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A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...religion Like in the early days when evolutionary concepts were first developed, some creationists still strongly disagree with evolutionary theory, believing that it denies the presence of God. However, these days many people from evolutionary biologists to religious leaders, including Pope John Paul II, believe that evolutionary theory does not refute the presence of...
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Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...Dan’s exactly right, you then put at risk this golden industry which is generating so much money for broadcasting companies and for international sport federations and the IOC. So, there are a number of commercial as well as moral arguments for trying to strengthen and support the work of the World Anti-Doping Agency. PROFESSOR JAMES SKINNER And this is where the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...La Cour croit bon de mentionner la décision dans la fameuse cause anglaise de M’Allister (or Donoghue) v. Stevenson (1932), A.C. 562, où la Chambre des pairs a décidé que, selon le droit écossais ou anglais, dans le cas d’aliments vendus par le manufacturer à un distributeur dans des circonstances qui empêchent le distributeur, ou l’......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...religion, age, intelligence, along with things like how much you trust the people you know and how strong those relationships are. We can do all of this really well. And again, it doesn't come from what you might think of as obvious information. So my favourite example is from this study that was published this year in the Proceedings of the National Academies. If you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...La Misère du Monde in the 1990s, that a sociological account of similar stature has been undertaken. For example, Wikipedia acknowledge that Du Bois’s is one of the earliest social science studies in its biographical account of him, but in their account of Social Sciences there is no mention of it. The Philadelphia Negro is a prime example of rigorous mixed methods...
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Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...La Rue and Neil Henfrey of Boots, now a brand for the international pharmacist Alliance Boots a banking risk management specialist – Hor Chan Head of the Department for Accounting and Finance at the Open University Business School – Martin Upton. It examines the financial risks that organisations are exposed to and how they are addressed by management. The audio...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...religion and football, which is a slightly left-field part of my career in that it wasn’t really my focus for much of my career, which was sustainability, environment. But that was a documentary which I devoted a year of my life to, I did a pretty good job on it, it was very well received, helped to propel my career. The documentary was called And They Think It’s All...
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