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Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...Introduction to the case: Introduction - Welcome to Investigating a murder with forensic psychology. In this free course, you will take the role of a detective investigating a murder. Alongside two fictional detectives, you will work with the Senior Investigating Officer to solve a complex criminal case. You will explore the way that suspects are dealt with during a...
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...project management and we could then work on an amazing private event where we could organise a large festival for a private client for their 50th birthday party. DAN WRIGHT: The company that I formed in 2010 is called Heliex Power Ltd and it’s a company specialising in the development of equipment to recover energy that would otherwise go to waste in industrial...
Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions
Languages

Swapping between languages: Bilingual people expressing emotions

...project about how a group of Arabic-English bilingual sojourners in the UK manage their use of two languages in their everyday interactions. Let me begin by explaining ‘code-switching’. Code-switching is the practice of going back and forth between two or more languages or dialects, and using them in the same sentence or conversation. This is something my bilingual...
Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy
Money & Business

Why smart leaders allow a bit of football frenzy

...project, or analysing industry trends. (Indeed, estimates suggest that employees watching the 2010 World Cup during working hours could have costed as much as US$10.4 billion in lost production time.) But there are multiple ways to make up for this by embracing the tournament. According to Gallup’s 2017 global survey, the State of the Global Workplace, only 15% of...
SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
Money & Business

SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities

...managers that there is a ‘win-win’ – their business will be greener and more profitable, whether through cost savings or by being able to increase prices or sales volumes. But this is not the whole story. Research that we have conducted at the OU, and evidence from other published studies, indicates that the promise of a quick financial return is unlikely to achieve...
How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?
Science, Maths & Technology

How India reacted to Sundar Pichai's new role at Google - and what will he do?

...management of Google Chrome, Chrome OS and Google Drive. Transcript In a video interview with Pichai on the Verge from June, the interviewer asks him how he feels about “Google trying to give everybody a supercomputer in their pocket”, Pichai replies: [..] The thing that attracted me to Google and the Internet in general is that it is a great equalizer and so to me...
The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The why and how of green social prescribing in aid of health ageing

...projects, conservation volunteering, green gyms, open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. Green Social Prescribing can be useful for anyone regardless of age, although it can be particularly useful for those who are older because it can help them meet the Five Pillars of Ageing Well: nutrition, hydration, physical activity, social and...
What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...manage key aspects of cities such as traffic flows, AI might make decisions humans don’t agree with but are powerless to change. Whether these automated technologies and indeed, technologies in general, are inherently good or bad is difficult to determine. A hammer can be used to rob a bank and used to hammer in nails as part of a DIY project. The same may apply to new...