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Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction

...resource here, for free, for all of those people. So if you want to be taught how to make a natural history programme by David Attenborough we can help you with that. Now, it’s not the only stuff that we’re gathering together for the Earth in Vision Project, so we’ve got the 20 interviews but we’ve also got a body of material that we’ve dug around in from the...
LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...resources exploring why the Good Friday Agreement is relevant to our lives 25 years since its signing. New energy: why the Good Friday Agreement helped the LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement There has never been a better time to be LGBTQIA+ in Northern Ireland. The rights and protections afforded to LGBTQIA+ people in 2023 go beyond what I believe we could have envisioned in...
Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...human thing. This doesn’t make the thought right or acceptable, but don’t try to resist or ignore it (this aften doesn’t work!). Instead, try to figure out what the reason behind your thought is: is this self-limiting belief based on assumptions you have made that may not be true? Find reasons why they aren’t true, and you will be chipping away at the beliefs that...
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...human activity, and time shape these factors and, in turn, determine soil fertility, biodiversity, nutrient recycling, physical structure, carbon retention, and other ecological functions that make for soil health. Building resilience in healthy soils means managing this complexity: from the chemical make-up of the soil that allows nutrients to circulate, and the presence...
Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...human progress, but it’s always been criticised as being self-serving, being profit oriented and careless as to the world. I do think business needs to reset itself - but and most importantly what it needs to do is to put these issues not as fringe issues where we talk about it as an add-on, the climate as an add-on, but in everything that business does and to explain...
Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...human situation...Ever wondered what it would be like to study philosophy? This free course, Introducing philosophy, will introduce you to the teaching methods employed and the types of activities and assignments you would be asked to undertake should you wish to study philosophy and the human situation....Introducing philosophy: Introduction - This course gives you an...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...Human Rights (ECHR) and EU. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others...Week 1: Law making in Scotland: 1 The Scottish legal system...
Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the time right for Donald Trump's style of charismatic leadership?

...human with exceptional qualities that can be depended upon to ensure that everything they do will be right. It is because Trump is a charismatic leader that he can say “trust me” and give few details as to his priorities or policies, even on something as serious as foreign conflict. It’s why he can say, when asked who he’s consulting: “I’m speaking with...