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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...management as well. There’s a trend towards consumers or at least influential wine critics preferring a more robust style of wine that’s higher alcohol, but there’s new research that has shown that quite a bit of the accumulation, the increase in alcohol, has been due to climate actually and not only to management choices. So higher alcohol wines are one way we can...
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...managing your digital identity, staying safe, finding reliable information, and maintaining digital well-being — all while developing a critical, reflective approach to life online... [Microsoft and Open University logos.] This course is part of the OpenLearn AI Hub: a collaboration between The Open University and Microsoft. Follow the link to learn more. This free...
Enterprising Times
Money & Business

Enterprising Times

...Aston University’s Innovation Voucher Scheme. The challenges facing Mike Clarke, Managing Director of IT firm, Aura Q during the recession are considered, and we discuss small business confidence with Mike Ashton, Chief Executive of Hereford... Enterprising Times How are Britain's small business entrepreneurs leading the country out of the recession? Research by The Open University Business School suggests that innovative ......
The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...of naturally hunting cheetahs recorded a male, named Ferrari, at a top speed of 93 km/hr (58 mph). But in spite of their ability to run incredibly fast, cheetahs rarely hunt at top speed; to be successful, they have to balance pace with the agility needed to catch animals like gazelles that use quick turns as an escape tactic. When going flat out, cheetahs can’t track these turns efficiently. They therefore make a trade ......
A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...HR, it’s the way things are done in the workplace environment. If you’re familiar with 80s music, perhaps you’ve now got ‘Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon’ stuck in your head (sorry!). However, as a doctoral researcher exploring cultural differences and education – the kind of culture that I am referring to, well, that has proven harder to pin down....
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...manage. In the second of a two-part series, Professor Andrew Blowers talks with Dr Petr Jehlička about the short and long-term future of the nuclear industry, and how different countries’ economic conditions have shaped their political responses to nuclear hazards. Transcript Petr Jehlička: Hello and welcome back. I am Petr Jehlička from the Department of Geography...
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...Introduction - In this free course, Work and mental health, you will explore how employment affects mental health and consider the way in which people can be supported back to work. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K240 Mental health and community...Work and mental health: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Graham Harvey on Davi Kopenawa at Oxford University
History & The Arts

Graham Harvey on Davi Kopenawa at Oxford University

...introductions. In addition to offering Davi Kopenawa and Dario gifts from my homeland, I acknowledged the great influence Davi has had on scholars in a variety of disciplines internationally. His presentation of Yanomami knowledges has been inspirational for anthropologists, sociologists, scholars of religion and others involved in the “ontological turn”, seeking to...