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How are drones keeping track of songbirds?
Nature & Environment

How are drones keeping track of songbirds?

...management, but it is inherently challenging. Some types of terrain are difficult to access, and human observers introduce the element of human bias. The use of audio recordings made by UAVs has the potential to combat both of these challenges, as hard-to-reach sites can be flown over and multiple people can analyze the resulting recordings. Andrew Wilson of Gettysburg...
Dominic Ball testimonial
Education & Development

Dominic Ball testimonial

...Management Degree with The Open University. He explains why it’s important other current players start planning for the future, plus how the support of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) helped...Dominic recalls his upbringing and how his parents influenced him: "Mum and dad trained as teachers, so I was always pushed in school. Even when football...
Culture and the manufacturing industry, 1983
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and the manufacturing industry, 1983

...managers and providing industrial premises, was involved in all four types of industrial development in the area. Transcript: The problems of industrialisation in Southwest Donegal in 1983 [Cèilidh music] PAT JESS Although Southwest Donegal is economically disadvantaged by its relative remoteness, it’s culturally rich. With other residual pockets of Gaelic culture in...
Virtual murder: Just a game?
History & The Arts

Virtual murder: Just a game?

...manager, even if we might relieve our stress by day-dreaming about doing so. Loving couples enact sexual fantasies which, were they real, would not be the kinds of things done by loving couples. One would have to be rather puritanical to think that moral judgement applied equally on both sides of the boundary. If this line of thought is right, then it seems that video...
National Novel Writing Month
History & The Arts

National Novel Writing Month

...managing your creativity? Then this free course - 'Making creativity and innovation happen' will unleash your inner literary warrior. 3. Write imperfectly One common hurdle for many is the fear of 'doing things badly', but it's letting go of the idea of perfection that'll allow your creativity to flow freely. Perfection is unattainable; it's practising that fosters...
UK must balance food farming impacts
Nature & Environment

UK must balance food farming impacts

...management improvements that could raise yields by an average of 1.3% per year until 2050. Food consumption in the UK is likely to rise by 38% by 2050, but the researchers believe the target can be met without increasing food imports. Food imports However, a study in the Royal Society’s Interface journal shows that the UK has become increasingly dependent on food...
Behind the shield: a day in the life of matchday policing
Society, Politics & Law

Behind the shield: a day in the life of matchday policing

...managing traffic patterns, and crucially keeping home and away fans separate, and away from football team coaches. Radio communication intensified as plans were adapted. Inside the stadium, I observed operations from behind the stewards and in the control room. During several incidents, officers made measured decisions about whether to arrest, eject, or de-escalate, again...
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...Introduction - This course introduces migration in animals, with special reference to birds and also introduces the integrated biological themes of movement, selection and homeostasis. Movement is a facet of the life of animals and many migrate as part of their life cycle. The familiar movements of migratory birds follow a seasonal pattern and individuals complete round...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs