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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...busy life. This short article contains some useful introductory information to help get you started. What is OpenLearn? The video below tells you a little bit more about what OpenLearn has to offer you. Transcript What will OpenLearn do for me? Courses can be completed at your own pace and are available 24/7, to fit in with the time you have available. The skills and...
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Fake news in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Fake news in Wales

...business. This is partly to do with the term itself. On the face of it, it seems quite straightforward. It refers to false information masquerading as news. But because there are so many different types of ‘fake’, and because the term itself has been co-opted as a rhetorical bludgeon by certain politicians, it’s come to mean different things to different people....
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Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...money for his own treatment as well as helping others like George Robinson. Rugby is still very much a part of Hampson’s mentality: "My approach to rugby is the way I lead my life - always wanting to improve and always wanting bigger and better things. That is what I was like as a rugby player and that is what I am like as a fundraiser now." The stories of George...
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Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...money to federal and state institutions often requires a constitutional amendment and a three-fifths vote in both Houses of Congress – even if the provisions are mundane. Of equal relevance to Brazil’s present plight is the country’s political party system. A complex Party Law passed by the Congress and signed in September 1995 did little to simplify the system or...
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How was the US election viewed in the Middle East
Society, Politics & Law

How was the US election viewed in the Middle East

...money and the Israeli lobby in American politics – and, once or twice, people veered towards anti-Semitic conspiracy theory territory. But more often, they just talked about how presidents can’t change much anyway – it’s their advisers, or Congress, or both, who matter. And, most of the time, they expressed a simpler exasperation. 3) But lots of Palestinians are...
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Ready or not, we're having an election
Society, Politics & Law

Ready or not, we're having an election

...for her Brexit vision. If, somehow, things do go wrong, and she fails to achieve a majority, all bets will be off and a second EU referendum would become a realistic prospect. But as things stand, that looks highly unlikely. The smart money is on an increased Conservative majority. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why does behavioural economics point to a hard Brexit?

...money (since the UK is a net contributor), sovereignty (since the EU sets rules) and external links (since the common external tariff blocks the UK from doing its own trade deals). Convinced that they were losing under the current arrangement, many voters saw leaving as a way to avoid this sure loss, even if not entirely believing Brexiteer predictions of instant gains...
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How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us
Science, Maths & Technology

How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us

...money, but could help unveil the secrets of the origins of life and the Solar System. And then just out of nowhere, almost 500g of rock from an asteroid, that is possibly very similar to Ryugu and Bennu, falls over part of England. Next steps Meteoriticists in the UK will now analyse the material, practically on a grain-by-grain basis. Things must happen in a sequence –...
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