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Languages and Employability
Languages

Languages and Employability

...video a collection of employers and employees outline the benefits that language skills bring to their companies and careers. There is a lot more to language skills than just learning to speak fluently. Inter-cultural communication skills open doors to other cultures and communities, and gives you experience of the world that goes deeper than the average tourist trip....
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Video 4 mins
Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?
Society, Politics & Law

Why could phosphorus depletion leave us all hungry?

...world who are hungry. It could be two or three billion by 2050 and I don’t see that as being an easy world.” Forget oil. Phosphorus scarcity will be the biggest geopolitical issue in the decades to come. Peak phosphorus could occur as soon as 2034, according to studies cited at the summit by the Global Phosphorus Research Initiative. Known reserves could be depleted...
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The lifelong political engagement of the Silent Generation
Health, Sports & Psychology

The lifelong political engagement of the Silent Generation

...World War II led to recognition of the peace-making role of the union. These opinions and voting trends are hidden, though, through the way our polling and opinion data is organised. Older citizens whose views have been largely hidden or ignored are part of a cohort known as the Silent Generation. Aged now between 75 and 93 years old, these citizens remember World War II...
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Article 5 mins
Schizophrenia: Beyond science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Schizophrenia: Beyond science

...world than in the developed world, despite its greater wealth and greater access to psychiatric services and medication. His explanation for this was that in the developing world there was less stigma attached to psychosis and there was a much greater emphasis on social integration. So there seems to be not only a medical and psychological aspect to supporting people...
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Article 5 mins
The City: The Roman and Greek Cities
History & The Arts

The City: The Roman and Greek Cities

...world of human nature. When Greeks explored beyond the Aegean they did so as colonists, building new cities on the model of their homelands. Several centuries later, as her empire started to expand Rome adopted a similar approach, using cities to provide protection and a Roman lifestyle for residents, to extract resources from the provinces and ultimately to establish...
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Article 5 mins
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...world describe the relationship between data and space as represented on a map...Why maps are made: 1.1 What makes a map? - [Map 1] Map 1 The Millennium Dome in Greenwich, one of 56,000 photographs taken for the Millennium Map – 2000's answer to the Domesday Book (Source: The Guardian, 4 November 1999, p.1; image produced by getmapping.com PLC) During 1999 The...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can Space Technologies solve the Sustainable Development Goals?

...World Space Week Poster] World Space Week poster available on their site for download Along with other space technologies, satellites are being used globally to improve lives through the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). So, I've decided to grapple with the question: Can Space Technologies Solve the SDGs? Before answering this question, it is useful to...
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Article 15 mins
How is nylon made?
Science, Maths & Technology

How is nylon made?

...World War, as well as nylon stockings and toothbrushes. It’s a strong synthetic fibre, which resists abrasion. Nylon doesn’t shrink or stretch through washing, but it is degraded by ultraviolet light. Nylon is made when the appropriate monomers (the chemical building blocks which make up polymers) are combined to form a long chain via a condensation polymerisation...
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