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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...motivate staff to provide their energy requirements as part of the B-Corp certification process. The outcome was more positive than he had anticipated, having a multiplier knock-on effect as entire households, not just individual employees, moved to renewable energy sources. Regardless of how or when the GHG Scopes incorporate emissions associated with remote working,...
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Article 5 mins
Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...motivation. We are certainly left with a more satisfying account of why wars start. And the Gods have no part to play at all. If in this first historical dispute we see a shift to greater disciplinary rigour, it seems to be at the cost of a breadth of vision, a concern with the diversity of human experience and a willingness to take real risks with evidence. Many of the...
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Article 10 mins
Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The murders at Massereene

...motivation. The dissidents were targeting Adams and McGuinness - their strategy: trying to bring the IRA back in, trying to wreck the peace. They were hoping for knee-jerk security and political and loyalist responses that would rewind into the past and create a sense of crisis. My words were about trying to explain all of this; words I spoke into RTE, BBC, Channel 4 and...
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What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?

...motivation being money. He also made several poor business investments and, while prolonging his sports career seemed suicidal, he managed one more fight, again ending in defeat. He was 39 and had fought 61 times. In 1984, he disappointed his supporters when he nominally supported Ronald Reagan’s re-election bid. He also endorsed George Bush in 1988. The Republican...
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Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...motives and purposes. Clearly the source conveys an intentional message on the part of the creator and/or the subjects. So we might ask to whom this message was addressed and for what purpose. In the case of our patch girls, John tells us that these were commercial photographs of working women who were seen as curious objects at the time. Many were sold as postcards and...
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Article 15 mins
Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...motivated). Intrinsic aptitudes include: creativity and imagination; self-expression and perception; spatial awareness; visual aptitude (perception of colour, tone, composition, size, etc.); physical acuity (drawing, hand–eye coordination, etc.). Some extrinsic aptitudes are: developing powers of description and analysis; extending intercultural awareness (icons,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...et al (2015) The State of the Worlds Antibiotics 2015 https://www.cddep.org/publications/state_worlds_antibiotics_2015/ Figure 5 from Gell=band, H, et al (2015) The State of the Worlds Antibiotics 2015 https://www.cddep.org/publications/state_worlds_antibiotics_2015/ Audio-visual Video 2 BBC Learning Zone © BBC Video 4 What is a superbug?, Pain, Pus and Poison, episode 2...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...motivated than other candidates.' James Caan, Dragons' Den There is no doubt that the ‘soft' skills you can develop in your voluntary work will serve you well when job-seeking, but how to convince the employers you have what they want? If you examine job advertisements, they will usually specify exactly which ‘transferable skills’ they want, in addition to any...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs