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Carnival and the performance of heritage
History & The Arts

Carnival and the performance of heritage

...introduction to this album. Notting Hill Carnival: history The development of Notting Hill Carnival from Britain's recruitment of Carribean workers in the 1940's to the present day. Notting Hill Carnival: challenges How can Notting Hill Carnival be managed as a mass tourism event without compromising artistic integrity or losing touch with its roots? Notting Hill...
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Audio 1 hr 48 mins
Introducing environment
Nature & Environment

Introducing environment

...introduction to the album. Unseen impacts Find out more about the consequences of the way you shop. Shopping by car Short car journeys are the most environmentally damaging, yet a quarter of journeys are less than 2 miles. Shopping by bus The more people replace car journeys with buses, the more eco- friendly buses become. Shopping on foot Choosing to walk, over...
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Audio 2 hrs 2 mins
Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Wendy Gregory On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...projects together starting with a project for the local council on disasters planning where we worked with 19 different organisations who all had an interest in what should be done. When trying to explain what critical systems thinking is about, I told a group of conference goers to think about things like sweet and sour sauce, because it is made from ingredients that...
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Audio 15 mins
Building motivation and resilience in research
Science, Maths & Technology

Building motivation and resilience in research

...Introduction - Have you ever felt stuck on a project, demotivated after setbacks, or unsure how to regain momentum? Research and knowledge work – whether in a university lab, a company, or independent study – can be unpredictable. Progress is rarely linear, and setbacks are a natural part of the journey. Challenges such as failed experiments, rejected proposals, or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Number theory

...introduction to Number Theory. Section 1 provides a brief introduction to the kinds of problem that arise in Number Theory. Section 2 reviews and provides a more formal approach to a powerful method of proof, mathematical induction. Section 3 introduces and makes precise the key notion of divisibility. The Division Algorithm, concerning the division of one integer by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
How is new organisational knowledge created in a virtual context?
Money & Business

How is new organisational knowledge created in a virtual context?

...project team, within a UK-based international company, concerned with the development of new software. Our aim is to extend current dialogical approaches to organizational knowledge creation, largely developed in the context of face-to-face communication, into virtual contexts of communication. Through close analysis of the ICT-mediated dialogical interactions between the...
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Article 5 mins
Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community
Science, Maths & Technology

Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community

...project. The project will run for 3 months (December-February) and the participants can register at any time and spend as much time as they want, whenever they want. The community and the platform will remain open after the study finishes. The aim of the PhD project is to help people engage in scientific investigation, by giving them opportunities to collaborate with...
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Article 5 mins
Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walk the walk: encountering death and dying spaces in hospital

...project. The project foregrounds carers’ needs when looking after someone during the end of life and bereavement using key questions about what matters to them and what helps them during that time as they provide a “fresh perspective” about a setting. The project has been used in acute and community hospitals, care homes, and general practice. Claire Henry MBE,...
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Activity 15 mins