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Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...Open-loop recycling. * Resources Materials found in the environment that can be extracted from the environment in an economic process. There are abiotic resources (non-renewable) and biotic resources (renewable). * Scope The agreed boundaries of a risk assessment and the risks to be assessed within those boundaries. * Shareholders Any person or organisation that holds...
Online training support for businesses
Money & Business

Online training support for businesses

...Open University has partnered with Invest Northern Ireland to offer a range of free business-focused training...[Invest Northern Ireland Logo] Recognising the impact of Covid 19 on SMEs and entrepreneurs across Northern Ireland, The Open University and Invest Northern Ireland have collaborated to develop a new social learning platform offering free flexible, distance...
Ethics in real life
History & The Arts

Ethics in real life

...Open University course A181 Ethics in real life... Ethics in real life An introduction to the album. Codes of ethics Professor Onora O’Neil is one of Britain’s most distinguished Philosophers. Here she discusses the pros and cons of codes of ethics with The Open University's Derek Matravers. Plagiarism and copyright law Nigel Warburton explores with the author,...
International Adoption
Health, Sports & Psychology

International Adoption

...University Professor Monica Dowling looks at the effects of globalisation and the differences between 'qualitative' and 'quantitative' research and information in adoption... International Adoption Open University Professor Monica Dowling looks at the effects of globalisation and the differences between 'qualitative' and 'quantitative' research and information in...
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Money & Business

Exploring career mentoring and coaching

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: Where am I starting from?: References - Bailey, C. (2016) The Productivity Project. New York: Crown Business. Clutterbuck, D. (2014) Everyone needs a mentor. 5th edn. London: Kogan Page Publishers. Connor, M. P. and Pokora, J. B. (2007) Coaching and Mentoring...
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...open the sandy-haired 18-year-old’s finger. “After this he cuts with a scalpel on the side of my finger – yes, he cuts my finger open,” Michael recalled moments later, looking decidedly pale as he smiled nervously before the flashing cameras. After sterilising the table and numbing Michael’s finger with a local anaesthetic, “he uses – I don’t really know...
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Money & Business

Risk management

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Establishing the context: Introduction - In Session 1 you started learning about risk management. It defined what is meant by ‘risk’, and discussed why managing risk is important, what happens when risk is well managed and what can happen when it...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...resources, decline in open spaces and biodiversity Cognitive factors Transfer of ideas regarding healthcare provision Change in lifestyles resulting from advertising and marketing of health-damaging products...Population ageing: a global health crisis?: 6.2 How does globalisation impact on health of older people? - In this last activity you explored how globalisation can...