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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...resources severely diminished the IOCs’ power. “There can be little doubt that, from an investor’s point of view, the international oil companies have been failing to perform” Starting in the 1990s, the IOCs embarked on a high-risk strategy: they invested in increasingly higher-cost and more technologically-challenging projects. This was built on a
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OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old
Education & Development

OpenLearn Champions Hub | Hafan Hyrwyddwyr OpenLearn old

...resources in Welsh Adnoddau ychwanegol yn Gymraeg Champions - A Guide for Learners | Llysgenhadon - Canllaw i Ddysgwyr [OU champions workbook] Download the guide English In recognition of the 3rd anniversary of our Champions Programme, we’ve reached out to our Champions and learners to create a video to celebrate their achievements. Well done and congratulations to...
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Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders
Languages

Methods in Motion: Inside Outsiders and Outside Insiders

...resource for obtaining an insider perspective. While in the interview context we could create a momentary community of outsiders, this could easily be disrupted when interviewees contrasted their own migration history or that of their clients with my Dutch EU citizen privilege. For instance, a refugee case worker who appealed to my own experience of moving abroad to...
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Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...resources are embedded in your qualification, supported by peer PDP coaches, to help you to maximise what you can get from your studies. There is also advice about using e-Portfolio tools to capture what you are learning. Our Masters programme has been mapped against the Open University’s Employability Framework (summarised in the elements noted in the image above and...
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What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?
Languages

What effect is social media having on the way we mourn global tragedies?

...resources for online expression when it comes to serious contexts such as grieving. But this is perhaps as much to do with our perceptions of what counts as an appropriate reaction to death more generally, rather than anything specific about social media. We’re still unsure whether it’s best to conceal our reactions to death and cope with them privately, away from...
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What was The Schlieffen Plan?
History & The Arts

What was The Schlieffen Plan?

...resources down the right wing of its army.] Prior to World War I, The Schlieffen Plan established that, in case of the outbreak of war, Germany would attack France first and then Russia. Instead of a ‘head-on’ engagement, which would lead to position warfare of inestimable length, the opponent should be enveloped and its armies attacked on the flanks and rear. Moving...
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How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a bench helping improve mental health in Zimbabwe?

...resource-poor countries, according to Vikram Patel, psychiatrist and professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the U.K. A clinical trial by Patel and colleagues, also published in the Lancet this month, showed that brief treatment by lay counsellors for severe depression in Goa, India, was beneficial and cost-effective. "[These treatments] are...
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So, what is this EU referendum everybody is talking about?
Society, Politics & Law

So, what is this EU referendum everybody is talking about?

...resources, information etc. they want and need. It is like the farmer’s market around your corner, but on a much bigger scale. Every Member State has access to this big unified single market without having to pay any customs duties, tariffs or fees when trading on it. Leaving the EU would mean losing all access to this market. Buying French wine and German cars can cost...
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