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Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability

...Open University course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future... Innovation Design: Energy and Sustainability A short introduction to this album. What makes customers choose a green tariff? Customers who have opted for a green tariff talk about the reasons why they have decided to do so. The uptake of green tariffs Reasons why green tariffs are taken up by...
Who will lead Britain out of the European Union
Society, Politics & Law

Who will lead Britain out of the European Union

...open to campaigners. They could focus on mobilising decided eurosceptics or seek to convince undecided people to vote for a Brexit. Farage is the poster-boy of the eurosceptic movement in the UK (and beyond). He speaks truth to power, says it like it is and all the rest. As a communicator and as a personality, he is unsurpassed on either side of the Brexit debate....
Recovery at the Rugby World Cup
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery at the Rugby World Cup

...opening match against South Africa. Consequently sports performers often employ recovery strategies to speed up and maximise their recovery between matches. Three commonly used strategies are cryotherapy, compression clothing and massage. Cryotherapy Cryotherapy can be defined as the lowering of tissue temperature in order to achieve a therapeutic objective (in this case...
What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Science, Maths & Technology

What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...open up new areas of physics such as gravitational-wave astronomy. By studying gravitational waves from the processes that emitted them – in this case two merging black holes – we could see intimate details of violent events in the cosmos. However, to make the most of such astronomy, it is best to place the detector in space. The Earth-based LIGO managed to catch...
Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?

...opening its first shop in Brixton back in 1928. More recently, the brand has been struggling. Sir Philip Green bought it in 2000 for £200m but sold it last year for £1 and wrote off some of its debt. That alone hints at longstanding and ongoing trading difficulties, exacerbated by a debt burden, including in its pension fund. A rent reduction agreed by landlords earlier...
Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?
Society, Politics & Law

Referendum Rhetoric: keeping a-hold of nurse or leaping into the dark?

...Open University, discusses the rhetoric of the EU Referendum. ...[UK and EU flags overlaid] Boris Johnson tells us in his book, The Churchill Factor, that Winston Churchill ‘wrote an article called “A United States of Europe”; indeed, he is credited with coining the phrase’. Well, yes, Churchill did write about this in the News of the World in 1938 and he is...
Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...open to critical and creative reimagining. Focusing on the manner in which citizenship is practiced, the remaining workshops explored specific research methods that can be used for understanding how citizenship is practiced. Eleni Andreouli focused on socio-psychological approaches to citizenship, which revealed new ways in which citizens construct, mobilise and negotiate...
Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...openness and respect. Here’s a few comments: I am (citizenship) Macedonian Living in (Nation) the UK A good citizen is: Someone who brings a different point of view and extends the capability of the nation to strive. * I am (citizenship) Turkish Living in (Nation) the UK What makes a good citizen is: Solidarity with the community and respect to the environment, cultural...