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Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...business remotely over video calls is better than the alternative. Well, it is, and it isn’t. Of all the contributors to our digital carbon footprints, video is by far the heaviest. Internet- based video (streaming, video conferences, IP security cameras, gaming etc.) is also the fastest growing category of internet use. [Video conference] Since each and every byte of...
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Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...business. Others, such as Richard Evans in his In Defence of History have directly countered the arguments of what is known as (perhaps unhelpfully now) postmodernism and defended the status of historical writing. Yet others have engaged with these trends and, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, tried to incorporate some new perspectives into their work. A positive...
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What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...business or starting a relationship. Whatever their personal interests, having aspirations gives them a direction for their future lives. [Young people watching the waterfront view mountains and rivers, natural atmosphere] Transition assessments and goal-setting Young adult carers often need support to plan ahead for their futures. If you are a young adult carer, you can...
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Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...business, so this can mean anything from originally creating ideas, writing ideas for briefs or overseeing the rest of the team as they edit, etc., to make sure that… number one that obviously the quality is really, really high but also that the ideas are something new and something fresh in the world that we work in. How I got started Originally I went to Brighton...
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Video 30 mins
Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research
Education & Development

Learning to teach: an introduction to classroom research

...busy people!). You may act in a way to avoid this imposition and settle for shorter, more structured interviews. However, this will subsequently affect the quality of the evidence that you can collect and you may have to find some alternative data. Universities often produce lists of principles or ‘ethical guidelines’ that researchers are supposed to follow (for...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...Business and Management Series), San Francisco, Wiley. Kirkman, B. I., Rosen, B., Gibson, C. B., Tesluk, P. E. and McPherson, S. O. (2002) ‘Five challenges to virtual team success: lessons from Sabre Inc.’, Academy of Management Executive, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 67–79. Levi, D. (2007) Group Dynamics For Teams, 2nd edition, Sage Publications. Lipnack, J. and Stamps, J....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...businesses, and those people who come into town on an evening to socialise and drink, we were quite overwhelmed by the amount of support there was. We published the details in the press and in TV, of where the cameras would be, they are quite large in effect so they are quite readily visible, which I think is important for CCTV because the public should know what's...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...Business & Management, and Social Sciences...You and your money: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a knowledge of the structure of the financial services industry and the role of financial liberalisation in shaping this industry understand the basics of debt and interest appreciate different forms of unsecured lending apply...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs