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Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...creativity. Yes, the first is coming up with a new product or process, like pilkington, built on the research of scientists and engineers. Only then comes part two, the manufacturing-- the machine in the middle that churns out the process. This is the tangible bit of the process. Now, this does add value. Of course it does. But less than you think. There's so many nations...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...write down what you have understood by the terms ‘multidisciplinary’ and ‘interdisciplinary’ learning. Discussion You might have thought of something along these lines: Multidisciplinarity is where two or more academic disciplines collaborate for a specific purpose, for instance, when computer scientists, psychologists and sociologists cooperate in the design of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...creativity to transform corporate culture Part B Look at this image of a workspace: [Described image] Figure 2 People working in a shared workspace List and describe everything you see in the picture – the people, their interactions, the objects, the materials used in the space, and environmental factors such as light and space outside. Feedback Hopefully, you have a...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...writing French, and that’s partly laziness, but I also sometimes wonder, is it because I have oral Bengali? And perhaps I’m quite good at communicating, but not actually particularly good at writing. Interviewer: They say language learning opens doors to cultures, have you found that the languages you speak helped you get to know other cultures or people better? Reeta...
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Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?
Languages

Will Brexit reduce the UK's soft power in Europe?

...writing this from Italy, one of the most Anglophile countries on earth. Didn’t you know? Trust me: I hear in the streets that we’ve got young kids called Jennifer, Ryan, Kevin, and more. Hardly anyone bothers to call their children Maria or Giuseppe anymore. Too traditional. Nevermind that people with an English first name and an Italian surname may sound like a...
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Article 5 mins
After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

After Manchester: How can you help if you know someone affected by a terror attack

...writes a message of support] A boy writes a message at a vigil in Liverpool, following the Manchester Attack The idea of being caught up in a terrorist attack is most people’s biggest fear. [The Conversation] Unfortunately though, as the recent bombing at the Manchester Arena shows, these types of attacks are a very real threat. But knowing how to respond and assist...
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Article 5 mins
Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago
Nature & Environment

Electric bus was killed off 100 years ago

...writes in his excellent new book, A Most Deliberate Swindle, much of this pollution could have been avoided. More than a century ago the technology existed for electric vehicles – hailed today as one of the main ways to tackle the urban pollution crisis. The adoption of a revolutionary vehicle called the electrobus could have ushered in an age of clean transport – and...
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How Spanish sounded across its history
Languages

How Spanish sounded across its history

...writing. Their texts have a strong influence in what are considered the Golden Ages of Spanish Literature. Listen to this extract from Libro de la Vida (1565), her first book, her autobiography. Here she tells us about her first months in the monastery, where she originally is taken without much vocation, and how she starts changing her mind by speaking to another more...
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Audio 15 mins