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Welcome to Applying Psychology to Work Hub
Health, Sports & Psychology

Welcome to Applying Psychology to Work Hub

...world, categorised by economic uncertainty, continuously evolving marketplace, rapid and disruptive pace of technology and a multi-generational workforce. It is no wonder that many people feel demotivated and disconnected, with lower wellbeing and performance at work. In developing this hub, we want to help answer questions around how psychology can help: How important is...
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Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...world, the customer doesn't always pay. There might be another second set of customers who get other services who pay. We therefore have the idea of two different kinds of business models. One, where the customer is mainly paying for most if not all the service. And the other one where someone else is paying for some or all of the services. A simple dichotomy between two...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...world of great mountain ranges and deep troughs beneath the ice. Around three quarters of the West Antarctic ice sheet has an underwater bed, with a potential contribution to global sea level rise of over three metres, and as you can see parts of East Antarctica are also marine. In other words, some serious amounts of sea level rise. But how likely is this instability?...
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Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...world with high population and high poverty obviously this would have impact. And it is also important to mention that we would have impact on land use change, on tropical deforestation and that the sector may end up, if we have decarbonisation in other sectors, in being one of the major emitters, and this would really create a risk. So that’s also why we are...
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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...World War 2 codebreakers) and got our hands dirty sanding and painting benches, digging a path and gardening. You can find out more about volunteering in this badged free course, Introducing the Voluntary Sector. Like most of the UK, the OpenLearn team are BIG fans of The Great British Bake Off and we have an interactive on the language and culture of baking throughout...
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Green Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Green Brexit?

...World Health Organisation advice. I first wrote to the European Commission about the lack of action by the UK government and London Mayor back in 2002, when I was on the London Assembly. I laid out how the pollution reduction targets for 2005 would not be met and why. Sadly, I was right. Despite several more letters over the years, urging the EU to act, it has been left...
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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...world have aging populations, but especially Western Europe, America and Japan. People living here have significantly increased their life expectancy over that of previous generations and they can also expect a better quality of life in later life. But longer lifetimes bring new health challenges, such as osteoporosis (bone density loss), muscle loss, changes in blood...
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Exploring immortality
History & The Arts

Exploring immortality

...world. And while he didn’t expect such a radical transformation, his rejuvenation was well publicised and before and after pictures were circulated. So, as a religious studies scholar, what are my questions to do with this research: why am I looking at it; what am I interested in? When we’re looking at both historical and contemporary evidence about religious...
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