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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...de facto’ policy. Examples where this has happened can be found in planning processes where precedents set are taken into account when appeals are made regarding granting planning permission. De facto policy also applies in some countries regarding prosecution of small scale polluters, where it is not practical to implement environmental legislation in a literal sense...
Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...class’ ‘They won't let me in their group’ ‘Keep it in the family’ ‘Within the terms of reference’ ‘An outsider’ ‘Exclusive restaurant’ ‘In time’ ‘In washing the window, I cracked it’ ‘There are lots of houses in London’ ‘In love’ ‘Let out your bottled up anger’ ‘Fall into a depression’ ‘I put a lot of energy into this’...
Introducing social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social care and social work

...De Visu / Shutterstock; Juanmonino / iStock. Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover...
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. Get started with Session 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Ben Oakley. The course was critically read by Richard Bailey,...
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...class population in the towns and cities. [Figure 1] Figure 1 North Indian art music is practised widely over northern and central India, Pakistan and Bangladesh The tradition includes a number of related styles and genres, both vocal and instrumental. The piece featured in the video belongs to a genre called khyal , which is the most commonly heard vocal genre in the...
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...de Oliveira Andreotti, 2016). This means individual educators having an active involvement in challenging and changing harmful wider cultures and systems. Activity 4 Describing your own individual actions Timing: Allow about 20 minutes 1. Make some brief notes about one individual action that you have taken in connection with climate change or the environment. 2. Try to...
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...class and boring. By replacing it with the figure ‘2’ in a series of indents that echoed the different values of the channel, not only did the he succeed in making the channel more accessible, the indents almost became more popular than the channel itself. It was for this reason that when Lambie-Nairn was recalled in 1997 to redesign the BBC’s identity, from its...
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...classes of approaches to equity – RH: Well, say what they all are. BH: Well, there’s per capita convergence, historical per capita convergence; there’s methods that look at equal economic costs; at the other end of the spectrum, there are methods that weight responsibility for emissions, historical responsibility; capacity to act as well. Put those together either...