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Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...thinking about entrepreneurship: what it is, how it works and why it is worth exploring. Figure 1 People have a tendency to stereotype entrepreneurs There is a widespread tendency to stereotype entrepreneurs and, as a consequence, to over-simplify a far more complex phenomenon. For example, some people see commercial entrepreneurs as a wholly positive force in society,...
Hans Rosling: Presenting data on carbon emissions
Science, Maths & Technology

Hans Rosling: Presenting data on carbon emissions

Think China is the biggest gas guzzler? Hans Rosling exposes this myth by showing carbon emissions per capita...Transcript Watch more videos in this series All videos shown were produced by Wingspan Productions Explore more on data representation and statistics
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...think of that might be encompassed by the term ‘digital forensics and investigations’. Discussion Here are some of the names I thought of; your list should include at least some of these: computer forensics forensic computing forensic science network forensics ICT forensics forensic investigations digital investigations business continuity incident response computer...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...think of an autonomous being as one who is able to determine the ‘shape’ of their life through reasoned free choices. The notion of autonomy can be clarified if we think about some concrete cases. Does a cat have autonomy when it notices, and then races after, a mouse? Presumably not, as the cat does not act for reasons. It does not consider whether it wants to be the...
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...systems have been built around certain assumptions about what’s ‘normal’: white, middle-class, non-disabled norms that shape whose voices get heard and whose get dismissed (Tyack, 1974). This is precisely why some scholars describe autoethnography as ‘a radical democratic politics’ that creates space for conversations that can actually change things (Holman...
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...system based on universal principles of justice? This free course, Rights and justice in international relations, takes a critical view of the assumption that 'rights are a good thing' and looks at the problems that arise when they are applied in the international arena...Can the concept of human rights be applied across borders or are rights culturally specific? Is it...
Discussion Hub - Exodus: Our Journey to Europe
Society, Politics & Law

Discussion Hub - Exodus: Our Journey to Europe

Share your views on the OU/BBC co-production 'Exodus: Our Journey to Europe'. ...[illustration of people debating] What did you think of the series 'Exodus: Our Journey to Europe' and the refugees' stories in the series? Have your say using the comment section below.
How might Brexit affect Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

How might Brexit affect Scotland?

...systemic shift in Global politics, with those dubbed ‘Remainers’ having to capitulate at the somewhat unexpected result. There is still little clarity on how the negotiations will affect individual nations of the United Kingdom, in what’s been called the most complicated political discussions since World War II. Analysis of the results showed that although the...