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World-Changing Women: Cynisca
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Cynisca

Spartan females had much more freedom than other women in the ancient world; this allowed Cynisca of Sparta to win the Olympics twice. Find out more about her victories here... Cynisca Sparta, Ancient Greece c. 440 -? BCE Sport [Spartan woman running in the form of a bronze statue] A bronze statue of a Spartan woman In the ancient world, women in the Greek city of...
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Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change

...changed the climate of the future, not just of now, because of the CO2 that we’ve already put in the atmosphere? AW: Yes. We’re committed to a change in the future and there’s a lag between you’re putting the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the fullest effects of that change being apparent in the climate, and one can only take into account some of that lag by...
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Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...change you would like to make within your business or organisational context. It looks at the type of evidence you can gather to inform your proposed change, and how to evaluate data with a view to using it as part of this transformation. Specifically, you will learn about internal and external sources of secondary information and how to evaluate them. You will also...
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Make a changing world a better place
Science, Maths & Technology

Make a changing world a better place

...changing and the technology sector is crucial in helping organisations and individuals stay connected by enabling employees to work remotely and keep their businesses running efficiently. At NSC we believe that an understanding of technology is essential for anyone entering, or already part of, the business world. We also believe that education should be available to all....
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World-Changing Women: Caroline Norton
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Caroline Norton

...change to make women equal to men in the eyes of the law. She lobbied influential individuals and wrote a series of pamphlets, including Observations on the Natural Claim of a Mother to the Custody of her Children as affected by the Common Law Right of the Father (1837) and English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century (1854). Norton’s efforts were influential in...
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Park Hill, Sheffield: continuity and change
Society, Politics & Law

Park Hill, Sheffield: continuity and change

...changes once again as we enter the 21st century...From 19th century industry to 21st century regeneration As factories and workshops attracted industrial workers to Sheffield in the 19th century, row upon row of ‘back-to-backs’ sprang up, deteriorating into slum dwellings by the 1920s. Park Hill ‘streets in the sky’, originally built to great international acclaim...
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Environment: journeys through a changing world
Nature & Environment

Environment: journeys through a changing world

...Changing World... Environment: journeys through a changing world A short introduction to this album Conservation for Whom? How locals and gorillas can inhabit the forest in harmony. Conservationists describe the down-side of the Fortress Conservation and the benefits of Integrated Conservation Development. Gorilla Tourism Adaptive Management. Conservation workers describe...
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Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...change how we think and even how we act...Find out more about The Open University's Psychology courses Maeve Higgins once set herself a task. The Irish-born comedian wanted to see what life would be like if she stopped laughing at things that weren’t funny. Turns out it wasn’t as easy as she thought. “It was so effing hard,” she says. “Laughter is a lubricant...
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