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Stamford College
Education & Development

Stamford College

...management, are slightly harder and I've worked with students to support them sometimes with those, but I actually use those more advanced courses with advanced learners.’ ‘OpenLearn is really accessible, anybody can access this. You don't have to think that you're an academic or a degree level student to access what you're learning.’ Caz’s students have found...
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...Project OK, so my name’s Dawn Parsonage Kent, I work for Green.TV and I’m the Creative Director. What I do So essentially I oversee the creative side of the production of the business, so this can mean anything from originally creating ideas, writing ideas for briefs or overseeing the rest of the team as they edit, etc., to make sure that… number one that obviously...
What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the security risks of living in a Smart City?

...management problems that creates, are not unique to cities – in fact the New York State Chief Information Officer (CIO) recently gave testimony describing the same challenge at the state level in the Empire State. Other challenges, like the proliferation of sensors from transportation and energy infrastructure and the privacy challenges of data around that expansion,...
Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...management when elected. The basis for competence-based trust Brexit and its painful unfolding over the last two years have many examples of politicians’ displays of an astounding lack of competence amongst top politicians. Since Tory party politicians lead the Brexit negotiations, the examples here sway towards conservative politicians: From David Davis not turning up...
Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...manage the boundaries where one person’s ‘freedom’ might harm another person?...Usually when wrestling with these tricky questions, we turn back to the great political thinkers associated with developing a robust idea of freedom. These are historical thinkers, often those associated with an era once known as the ‘Age of Enlightenment’, like Jean-Jacques...
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...Introduction - This free course, Software and the law, explores the laws relevant to software and its use – taking a global perspective, since the trade in software is international and information made available on the web can be viewed globally. A major part of this course is devoted to intellectual-property law – the issue of who owns software and digital content...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...Introduction - This course explores the role of fire as an agent of natural disturbance in ecosystems. Many terrestrial ecosystems around the world are fire-prone and fire, or more specifically, the fire regime, controls their composition and structure. Factors such as climate, vegetation type and the source of ignition differ among ecosystems and affect aspects of the...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...Introduction - William Wilberforce, the politician and religious writer, was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in Britain. This course explores Wilberforce’s career and writings and assesses their historical significance. In particular it examines the contribution that Evangelicalism, the religious tradition to which Wilberforce belonged, made in the transitions...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs