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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...publication of a wide range of empirical studies of innovation in the mid to late 1970s, it was argued by Mowery and Rosenberg in 1978 that: Essentially, these empirical results indicated that the technology push and need [demand] pull models of innovation were extreme and atypical examples of a more general process of interaction between, on the one hand, technological...
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...public speaking or similar tasks – or, more likely, you reflect and learn from experience. Over time you develop differing degrees of awareness of how to respond appropriately in different situations. The opening two sessions of this course will accelerate your learning from experience. [Described image] Figure 1 Communication is key. In this first session of the...
Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?
Society, Politics & Law

Will a new European law mean YouTube has to monitor your uploads?

...public statements about the Platform Liability inquiry, emphasize “voluntary” measures. For example, Article 4.7 says that “Member States shall encourage co-regulation and self-regulation through codes of conduct. . . They shall provide for effective enforcement, including when appropriate effective and proportionate sanctions.” It is not clear what exactly these...
The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts

...public law, Sciences Po Strasbourg and Antoine Ullestad, PhD candidate in European law, University of Strasbourg It’s no surprise that a sense of disaster dominated the French media’s reaction to news that the UK had voted for a Brexit, with many underlying the “winds of panic” and the “start of a real cataclysm” in the markets. While some papers spoke of the...
Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...public pariahs despite management’s best efforts to scare and demonise us. One regretful memory was my discussions with the late Donald Dewar MP. During the strike ballot period, and prior to the General Election of 1997, he was full of interest in our dispute and offered support and sympathy at first, but after New Labour were elected as the UK government, his tone and...
DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...Publications Waugh A., Time, Headline Publishing Barrow J. D., The Artful Universe, Oxford University Press A quite remarkable book that will change the way you view the world. Extremely accessible. Burton et al., Chemical Storylines, G. Heinemann Educational Publishers Part of the Salters Advanced Chemistry course, which explores the frontiers of research and the...
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...public protection and reduction in violence and harm is what we hope to achieve – particularly for women, children and other vulnerable groups – then we first need to consider why acts of violence, such as domestic and sexual violence (for example), occur in the first place. These types of crimes are associated with power imbalances and social structures that...
Cyfrifiannell Carbon Y Brifysgol Agored
Nature & Environment

Cyfrifiannell Carbon Y Brifysgol Agored

...publication/2021-progress-report-to-parliament/ Cyrchwyd 1 Awst 2022 DEFRA (2022) Carbon footprint for the UK and England to 2019, Adran yr Amgylchedd, Bwyd a Materion Gwledig, 28 Mehefin. Roy, R. (2021) COP26 – Is 1.5 still alive? Design@Open blog, 20 Tachwedd. Ar-lein yn http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/design/cop26-is-1-5-still-alive/ Cyrchwyd 2 Awst 2022. Mwy gan...