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Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...Project What first sparked your interest in the natural world? Finding fossils, I think, but then I don’t think that’s in the least remarkable, I don’t know any four-year-old who’s not interested in the natural world, I truly don’t. I think that every child starts with a fascination of the world, whether it’s watching tadpoles change into frogs or splitting a...
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Video 40 mins
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...management practice. Kotler and Armstrong (2008, p. 5) define marketing as follows: Marketing is human activity directed at satisfying needs and wants through exchange processes. Two key issues are highlighted by this definition: i. Exchange – most explicitly noted in Kotler and Armstrong's definition is the core element of exchange. In commercial marketing the nature...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Its work is funded by neutral governments. On leaving No 10 Downing Street Jonathan became a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley from 2008-9. Jonathan is a member of the board of Save the Children International. Jonathan has published three books: ‘Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern...
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Article 10 mins
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...Project successfully appealed using DNA evidence. Eye witness identifications played a role in 77% of these wrongful convictions." To find out more read the full article Misidentification: Can you identify the criminal? 2: You'll get called a 'blue flower' in France if you're being soppy[Infographic. Background: blue skies, coastline, blue ocean water. Foreground: French...
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Article 5 mins
Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage
History & The Arts

Aberdulais Falls: a case study in Welsh heritage

...project cost £850,000 and was completed in 1993. As part of an overall strategy of nature conservation on the site, and as an added visitor attraction, while the water-power systems were being installed a fish pass was incorporated to enable salmon to return to their spawning grounds. During this extensive phase of building work, the interpretation of the site for...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Making social media work in Higher Education
Education & Development

Making social media work in Higher Education

...manage the risk they expose themselves to in this environment. This course will appeal to all students who wish to use social media as an interactive space to enhance teaching and learning...This free course explores the potential of social media as a space that can be used to enhance students’ experience in Higher Education/University. It examines how students can take...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is Croatia adopting a more welcoming approach to the refugees?

...managed to handle the refugee crisis alone. So it should know what to do now. There was a stark reminder of just how physically present the remnants of war are in Croatia when the incoming migrants were warned to stay on specified routes into the country. If they strayed, they risked running into landmines still thought to be planted in cornfields along the way. The...
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Article 5 mins
Safer battery could spark investment in renewables
Nature & Environment

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

...in storage,” Professor Keith says. “We could cut electric sector carbon emissions to less than a third of their current levels using variable renewable, with natural gas to manage the intermittency. But this will require us to keep growing the electricity transmission infrastructure.” This article was originally published by Tim Radford on The Climate News Network....
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Article 5 mins