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Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London
Society, Politics & Law

Why New York-style rent controls would not work in London

...de Blasio is having to spend heavily to get more homes built, promising 200,000 more affordable units in the next ten years. This increase in supply is essential because, as economists have long pointed out, capping rents below the market level reduces the amount of property offered by private landlords, while boosting demand for it. The availability of private rented...
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The quiet contender of Switzerland hosts Euro 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The quiet contender of Switzerland hosts Euro 2025

...de Tourbillion, Sion Organisers have intentionally structured the matches into regional clusters to ease travel for fans and players; encouraging national engagement and local pride while minimising regional disparities (UEFA, 2025). The tournament will not only increase the sport’s visibility domestically but is already driving investments in infrastructure, grassroots...
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Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces

...underestimate the importance of the ‘little things’. Small changes such as de-cluttering a room can make a significant difference and provide a calm, healing space. Engaging in Walking the Walk is a very empowering experience for staff – they value celebrating what they do well and also see it as an opportunity to continue improvement. If you would like to find out more, please contact: Claire Henry MBE, Honorary Fellow ......
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Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...class men, then women, had to struggle to get the vote. Extensions of democracy were opposed strongly by conservative factions and parties at almost every step, in most European countries at least. [Figure 4 The Athenian Agora, where citizens used to meet in the open air to discuss political issues] Figure 4 The Athenian Agora, where citizens used to meet in the open air...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace
Education & Development

An introduction to intercultural competence in the workplace

...class.). Minorities everywhere that engage in different practices to the majority are often discriminated against on the basis of culture: in such cases, their ethnicity, religion or dress codes are depicted as conflicting with or rejecting ‘our’ culture...Week 1: Thinking about culture and communication: 3 Culture as a verb - All of the prior three examples have...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
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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White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...de Broglie wavelength, defined by lamda sub dB equals h divided by p Equation label: (1) where h is Planck’s constant ( equals 6.63 multiplication 10 super negative 34 cap j s or 4.14 multiplication 10 super negative 15 eV Hz super negative one ) and p is the particle’s momentum. Now, inside a star, a particle’s kinetic energy can be written as cap e sub k equals...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can knowing how DNA repairs itself help defeat cancer?

...class of drugs for treating cancer, known as PARP inhibitors. PARP – or poly-ADP ribose polymerase, to give it its full name – is a protein found in all our cells, and forms part of this backup repair system. It is particularly critical in cancer cells with faults in genes called BRCA1 or BRCA2, which play an important role in gluing together breaks in DNA. Errors in...
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