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Environmental responsibility
Nature & Environment

Environmental responsibility

...based ecotourism in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in south-western Uganda – home to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. Bwindi has been designated a World Heritage Site, but the consequences of ecotourism – some good, others not so good – raise some stark ethical and policy issues, prompting further questions regarding responsible action....
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Where to take your learning next
Education & Development

Where to take your learning next

...based on their potential rather than their prior qualifications. Most of our courses have no formal entry requirements and our students come from a diverse range of educational backgrounds. So, we offer a choice of starting points depending on how confident you are in your study skills. Click here to find out more about the Access modules. Making your learning count...
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10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...la machine analytique de Charles Babbage’ from the original French. At first she was content to perform only the translation, but at Babbage’s instigation, she began to add extensive annotations to the original text. These ‘algebraic working’s are what we would now call a computer program – they were the commands that would be punched into Jacquard cards and fed...
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Are things changing in world rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are things changing in world rugby?

...la même chose? Kath Woodward discusses the social side of sport...The 2015 Men’s Rugby World Cup has been an exciting competition so far, although emotions range from unexpected jubilation to deep despair, depending which team you support, or even more significantly where your financial investments lie. This was billed as the biggest World Cup ever with massive global...
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Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...based partially on ear prints and ordered a retrial. At the retrial, the prosecution offered ‘no evidence’ (meaning the defendant was immediately acquitted) after exonerating DNA evidence came to light. The Law Commission was highly critical of the English and Welsh approach (Law Commission, 2011), but the government at the time declined to legislate. However, a...
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UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
Money & Business

UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind

...based on the advantages of the Fast Fashion business model. Items are produced in small batches, delivered to stores within ten days and – if they sell – can be reordered, adjusted if needed, and again delivered to the store or online platform, without the need to hold large stocks. However this success has come at a significant price – both for workers, as well as...
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Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is it true that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to eat junk food?

...based on the average of all limited service places. Fast food is cheap only in comparison to eating in a full-service restaurant, with the average cost totals about US$15 on average. Moreover, $8 is a lot for a family living under the U.S. poverty line, which for a family of two is a bit above $16,000, or about $44 per day. It is doubtful a poor family of two would be...
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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...based on the context of the use of this word it probably referred to a broad range of materials with similar appearance or physical properties. But a new word for iron appears in text from approximately 1295BC ‘Bia-n-pt’, translating literally as ‘iron from the sky’ and this word was used to describe all meteorite iron from this time onwards. It is difficult to...
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Article 10 mins