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About Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

About Stories of Change

...business leaders and campaigners. These interviews have been recorded in support of the Stories of Change project. Roger has also drawn on the interviews for his BBC Radio series on climate change in advance of the key December 2015 climate talks at the 2015 Paris Conference of the Parties (‘COP21’). The £1.5m Stories of Change project has been funded by the UK...
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This Sporting Planet
Society, Politics & Law

This Sporting Planet

...Business Ed Warner is a city businessman who became part-time, non-executive chair of UK Athletics in 2007 and has had a pivotal role in preparing UK Athletics in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. His appointment highlights the links between commerce and sport. Governing Global Sport Sunder Katwala is General Secretary of the Fabian Society and writes extensively on...
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Art and architecture
History & The Arts

Art and architecture

...business Pierre Rosenberg, Director of the Louvre, discussing why the Louvre will never be finished. A tale of two temples Palladio's church of the Redentore in Venice and Sinan's Sokullu Mehmet Pasha mosque in Istanbul are compared. Public or private Sinan's Sokullu Mehment Pasha mosque where all men would be equal before Allah. Very different innovators The front and...
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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...business practices, workplace organisation or external relations. Open source software is organised very differently from conventional software development and has become an important source of software such as the Linux and Android operating systems and a wide range of applications (including the Firefox browser and Zotero reference management system). The OECD...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...business throve it seemed to be at the cost of somebody; though even when business pines it is apparently no better. The thing ought to be looked into. At the moment of my visit to Sheffield, it happened that many works were running half-time or no time, and many people were out of work. At one place there was a little oblong building between branching streets, round...
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An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...business process, which is packaged as a reusable software component that is: well-defined – a software component with a clearly specified interface and outcome self-contained – the implementation of the service is complete and independent of any product, vendor or technology a black-box – the implementation of the service is hidden (encapsulated) from the service...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What is the zika virus?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the zika virus?

...business leaders and Brazil's President Dilma discuss action to combat the virus zika at the Planalto Palace, Brasilia, Brazil 08/12/2015] Local business leaders and President Dilma discuss measures designed to combat the spread of the zika virus at the Planalto Palace, Brasilia in December 2015 Turning point The warning bells began to sound quietly in 2007. Although,...
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Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result
Society, Politics & Law

Greece: Where now, again? Thomas Piketty responds to Sunday's election result

...businesses in Europe often pay less tax than small- and medium-sized businesses. That’s because governments do deals that will lead to favourable conditions for their own national industry. That’s without even considering that the European Commission has a president who, as prime minister of Luxembourg, signed deals with multinational corporations that allowed them to...
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