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Innovation: The Environment
Nature & Environment

Innovation: The Environment

...analysis and opinions on carbon taxes, carbon reduction, renewable energy and environmental damage. This material forms part of The Open University course DD309 Doing economics: people, markets and policy... Innovation: The Environment A short introduction to this album. Carbon reduction A look at how we can reduce carbon omissions in the environment. Decarbonisation Can...
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Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...data and not letting companies control that. Could you explain it a little bit? It’s all about this new era we’re entering, which is of open data. We’re seeing new regulation coming in in the UK PSD2, which is going to force financial institutions to let other companies have access to the financial data of their clients, if the client gives specific permission to do...
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Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion

...data. The trend has been exponential with electronic forms of data collection, creating ‘big data’ which can – and must - be analysed in new ways. These data and attached methods aim to know and generate particular forms of public and commercial benefit. Likewise, social movements that seek to popularise new ways of living need to know if their actions are having...
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Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry
Health, Sports & Psychology

Calling the game: Sexism in World Cup punditry

...analysis and commentate at the men’s World Cup. It is also the World Cup that has given a clear glimpse into the reality of everyday sexism. Already male pundits have been accused of patronising, condescending and sexist language on air. Meanwhile a male ex-footballer has complained about women being employed for commentating because of the “pitch” of their voices....
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Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...data science, which seeks to extract insights from a given set of data. GenAI is a form of AI that can generate, for example, text, images, video and other data in response to user queries, or 'prompts'. Large language models (LLMs) are a form of GenAI that have exploded in popularity and usage in both professional and personal contexts since the most well-known...
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What is ‘woman’s work’?
Money & Business

What is ‘woman’s work’?

...analysis will focus on understanding whether the perceptions of work–family interface are constructed as conflicts and/or whether they are also viewed as opportunities for professional and personal enrichment. In exploring these experiences of work–family interface the chapter will also discuss the specific factors that affect the balance between work and life. Read...
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Could you be a code breaker?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could you be a code breaker?

...analysis). Earn stars for each challenge, and learn about code-breaking through the ages by playing our interactive ‘Could you be a code breaker?’ [Front image capture for the game 'CODE BREAK'] Click on the image above to start playing CODE BREAK. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free...
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Molecular Science: Spectrometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Molecular Science: Spectrometry

...and mass spectrometry. This material is taken from The Open University course S205 The molecular world... Molecular Science: Spectrometry A short introduction to this album. Infra-red Spectrometry Preparing samples for infra-red spectroscopy Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Preparing samples for 1H and 13C nmr spectroscopy Mass Spectrometry Analysis by mass spectrometry...
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