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Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...motivation for the OST came from their desire to explore options for using space for military purposes (e.g., nuclear weapons and intelligence gathering), however many states viewed signing of the OST as a way of achieving international cooperation in space and as of May 2025, 116 States, including the United Kingdom, China, and the United States, had signed the Treaty....
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...motivations and authentic self to expert interviewers, whether this is a journalist, a therapist or detective or, indeed, a social science researcher. This argument holds that qualitative social science methodologies have helped to enact social worlds by shaping a new model of what it is to be a person – a model in which the central idea is that we are all potential...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...motivated you to study this course. As you do so, you may find it useful to review the diagramming resources presented at the beginning of this course. You can use any kind of diagram you want for this exercise but rich picture diagrams and system maps may be specially useful and are widely used for systems thinking in practice. (Once again, you may find it useful to...
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...motivations for running a business. They might want to achieve a reasonable level of income from the venture, but are not actively pursuing purely commercial goals such as growing it into a much larger business, or securing large (or short-term) financial returns. Portfolio entrepreneur This term refers to someone who operates several different ventures at the same time....
Gwella profiadau tystion sy’n gleifion, teuluoedd a chydweithwyr o’r broses Addasrwydd i Ymarfer
Health, Sports & Psychology

Gwella profiadau tystion sy’n gleifion, teuluoedd a chydweithwyr o’r broses Addasrwydd i Ymarfer

...et al., 2020). Mae chwythu’r chwiban er budd y cyhoedd oherwydd ei fod yn diogelu pobl yn gyfreithiol i godi pryderon sy’n effeithio ar y cyhoedd neu weithwyr mewn sefydliad. Ystyrir bod codi pryderon drwy lwybrau priodol yn bwysig o ran diogelu’r cyhoedd a phobl sy’n gweithio ym maes iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol i sicrhau ansawdd a diogelwch gofal (y Cyngor...
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...et al., 2009) goes further to argue that one solution to regional inequality (at least in England) might be for the London city region simply to expand its footprint to incorporate other cities, starting with Birmingham. From another perspective, however, the matter has been understood quite differently. London’s position within the UK’s space economy reflects a...
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...et al., published by Open University Worldwide. Where particular skills, such as reading, note taking and using diagrams may be needed to help your study, you can read the appropriate section. How often you will need to do this will, of course, depend on your existing skills. Finally the course contains some Exercises and Self-assessment Questions (SAQs) which I recommend...
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...et al., 2022). This value will vary depending on the type of forest. Thus, at the global scale, absorbing a gigatonne of CO2 per year would require reforesting an area roughly seven times the total area of the UK. Wood is also a very useful material. If it is used as a construction material, for example in housing, its carbon content will remain in storage out of the...