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About Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

About Stories of Change

...thinking of leading players in climate change and energy debates at a critical moment in the global conversation. ...[Stories of Change Logo] The Stories of Change project aims to help to revive stalled public and political conversations about energy by looking in a fresh way at its past, present and future. These interviews have been recorded by the BBC’s Environment...
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Article 5 mins
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...think of language as existing without writing, but in the long history of humankind’s ability to use language it is only relatively recently that writing emerged. The course also looks as the vital relationship between technology and writing, and how the development of new technologies alter the way we communicate. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Jeremy Corbyn saved Labour simply by standing for election?

...thinks Corbyn's campaign has given a boost to everyone's prospects...Tony Blair doesn’t think much of the most likely next leader of the Labour Party. “Your heart is with Jeremy Corbyn? Then get a transplant,” was but the first of various interventions he made during the party’s protracted leadership campaign – interventions that weren’t just...
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Article 5 mins
Energy efficiency: hospitals
Nature & Environment

Energy efficiency: hospitals

...Hospital transport strategies Strategies aimed at limiting private car use at a UK hospital. Making hospital transport eco-friendly An Austrian hospital has revolutionised its goods and services transport systems as part of a wider environmental strategy. A green hospital A British hospital incorporates a range of forward-thinking ideas to cut its energy use by 40%....
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Audio 28 mins
Brexit and health care professionals
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and health care professionals

...think about how Brexit will change health care. In the following article I suggest four categories which might be used to understand the different impacts upon health care professionals. This isn’t a comprehensive list, but it is an example of how to start thinking and planning for how practice and management will need to adjust. Importantly, and as you will see,...
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Article 10 mins
Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?

...think it is doing. Footman 477 uses a bucket and a plastic bottle with a hole to explain how allowing a trickle of people to become infected and pass through the health service avoids a greater flow of people through the health service later. From a systems perspective, this demonstration is a simple system process that has two stages: The population (Bucket 1, which is a...
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Article 15 mins
What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?
Digital & Computing

What's up with Whatsapp - and should we weaken its security?

...systems provide government with a backdoor to listen in. But how does Whatsapp keep users' secrets - and should we be telling them to stop?...[Whatsapp] A battle between national security and privacy is brewing. Governments and secret services are asking encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp to allow them access to users’ data. Most recently, in the wake of the...
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Article 5 mins
What counts as professional learning?
Education & Development

What counts as professional learning?

...think and act? How do practitioners know about professional learning opportunities, and how can we facilitate them to lead their own professional learning interests? How can professional learning spaces be strengthened as site for connectivity and belonging, to strengthen their role in promoting wellbeing? [Professional learning - Current Experiences. Slide from the...
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