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Structural Integrity: designing against failure
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: designing against failure

...failure A short introduction to this album. Kinzua's Weakest Link An engineer's worst nightmare come true. Using aerial photography and forensic markers to investigate the precise sequence of the collapse. Reconstructing the collapse Connecting the failure at Kinzua to the Tay Bridge disaster. What lessons have gone into the construction of the new bridge at Mingo creek?...
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On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...introduction of ITV, BBC Two, Channel 4 and Breakfast Time and more recently satellite and cable television, Channel 5 and now digital television. This has meant the need for graphic design in television has also been increasing and once it was realised that graphic design is an important element of television there has been no turning back. In this essay, it is mainly...
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Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...Project‘. Essentially, the Japanese government endows a certain amount; in this case 214.5 million yen (about US$2.27 million), which is distributed among four studios. These studios in turn create projects such as Little Witch Academia with a staff of young animators who essentially learn on the job. The goal of the project is that training as Japan has seen an...
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Revision and examinations
Education & Development

Revision and examinations

...manage your time effectively by creating a timetable for your revision...Do you get stressed at the thought of an examination? Does the idea of revision fill you with dread? This free course, Revision and examinations, will provide a host of tips to help you improve your revision and examination techniques and enable you to manage your time effectively by creating a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Science, Maths & Technology

How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?

...projected this niche into the future using climate models and scenarios, which revealed that all the models were in general agreement. They then combined this with satellite imagery to come up with the present-day forest coffee area, and the area projected in the future. Higher altitudes are forecast to become more suitable for coffee while lower altitudes are projected...
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Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?

...project took leadership - where are the leaders today?...[Senator George Mitchell, President Bill Clinton, Nancy Soderberg, Nelson Mandela]Senator George Mitchell, President Bill Clinton, Nancy Soderberg, Nelson Mandela For all its flaws, we have a peace to die for - something I have always thought is better appreciated from outside of us. It is a peace that depended on...
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Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...managing careers and employability related projects to enhance student experience and improve student outcomes. WELLBEING: JITKA VSETECKOVA [Photograph of Jitka Vseteckova.] Jitka Vseteckova is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care. Jitka’s role is multi-faceted, covering research, teaching, supervision and external collaborations. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?
Nature & Environment

Will Brexit spell the end of fishing quotas?

...managing fisheries: what is the total limit on fishing that keeps fish stocks sustainable (the size of the pie), and who gets access to these rights (how it is divided). The EU decides the total permissible catch and then allocates quotas to member states. Under EU quota management, overfishing has significantly decreased and many fish stocks are now increasing in size....
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