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Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...world works. We don’t have perfect foresight, or complete understanding. We often don’t even behave rationally! In the real world there are inefficiencies (e.g. unemployment) and these can be reduced through government action, for instance by incentivising new green industries. New ‘simulation-based’ approaches do not assume optimisation or equilibrium, but...
Trust in the Workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Trust in the Workplace

...world Organisational and technological change’s pace and scale mean a trend of changing relationships at work. This trend points to a future of increasingly automated, disaggregated forms of working (e.g., working as part of temporary teams that are geographically separate). In addition, the projected skills gaps mean that there will be an increasing need for employees...
A brief history of the eisteddfod
History & The Arts

A brief history of the eisteddfod

...World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893, where the Welsh Ladies’ Choir conducted by Clara Novello Davies and the Rhondda Gleemen conducted by Tom Stephens were both winners in their respective categories. [Newspaper article from 1893 detailing the eisteddfod at the Chicago World's Fair]Article in The Western Mail, 21st September 1893, detailing the eisteddfod in Chicago. Read...
Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies

...world we can touch, see, hear, smell and taste. People often describe a sense of being lifted out of their body during such moments and seeing things from a ‘higher’ perspective. To return to Dr Hfuhruhurr, transcendental spiritual experiences often trigger a very real perception of the ‘soul’ or ‘spirit’ existing independent of the physical body. Some believe...
The Z Files: Jon Chase
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Jon Chase

...world of science this is the establishment, the Royal Institution is the home of the UK’s science community, but the person I’m meeting is anything but traditional. 28 year-old Jon Chase is on a mission to spread the scientific word in his own unique style. Jon Chase I think it’s important for people to know about science. Science has made us understand so much...
The Z Files: Chi Onwurah
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Chi Onwurah

...world at the time it was built, but also powerful and useful. It wasn’t beautiful and useless; it was useful I guess. And it was from Newcastle, you know, and that really did inspire me. Benjamin Zephaniah When I was a little boy going down the park with a little girl, I would have been like freaked out if she looked at a ship and went wow isn’t that beautiful, a...
Warming winters: How will the Winter Olympics adapt?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Warming winters: How will the Winter Olympics adapt?

...world... ...The story of every Summer and Winter Olympics can be partially told through the challenges the organisers confront in the run-up to the Games. The Milano-Cortina games are no exception. There have been fears that a new cable car, which will transport spectators to the site of the Women’s Alpine skiing events in Cortina, will not be finished in time for the...
The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...world, including in Europe, North America and Australia. It is also thought to be the first course to apply consistent methodologies to all the renewables and to cover resources, physics, technologies, environmental aspects and economics. A product of its time, it included a rich array of learning resources including print materials, videos, software and slide packs....