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Systems Practice case study - The CEO
Money & Business

Systems Practice case study - The CEO

...guides to our email systems and assorted other bits and pieces * organised an office, a desk and a computer for each of them. By doing some reshuffling we arranged for each of them to have an office mate who would provide another network of contacts. We put name plates on their office doors and set up email accounts for them. * ordered extra keys for their offices,...
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Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
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Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...universities the world over now causing such a fuss? Well, problems may arise due to the mishandling, inappropriate storage and poor documentation and management for the requirement that DNPH is kept wet at all times. The issue of concern for DNPH is that the molecule has an inherent level of structural instability that puts it in the explosives risk category, indeed its...
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Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs
Languages

Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs

...University Level 2 language course, such as Motive (L203). Choose a video Subtitles in English Subtitles in German No subtitles Transcript Question: Where were the different parts of the Habsburg bodies buried and why were they buried separately? Answer: Wenn ein Habsburger gestorben ist, wurden zunächst einmal aus rein praktischen Gründen die Eingeweide entnommen, denn...
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Building over farmland: Will city expansion leave the world hungry?
Nature & Environment

Building over farmland: Will city expansion leave the world hungry?

...University of British Columbia, Canada, believes it is a bit tricky to predict how the urban food systems will be affected. “I think this is going to be context dependent. Whether we have food security issues in cities depends on how dependent the city is on locally produced versus imported foods, and also the biogeography that the city is located in,” Ramankutty...
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How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Science, Maths & Technology

How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?

...University of Nairobi’s Institute for Climate Change Adaptation, Kenya, says that although the study cannot predict with full certainty, it holds important messages for policymakers. “Start planning to expand coffee growing areas to higher elevation, he suggests. “The expansion should be coupled with forestation of the areas.“ Researchers and policymakers should...
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How many different types of smile are there?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How many different types of smile are there?

...University of California. His 1978 Facial Action Coding System, written with Wallace V Friesen, seeks to create an atlas of nearly all possible human expressions. Ekman says, in his book Telling Lies, that their technique for measuring the face can distinguish over 50 different smiles. Confused? You’re not the only one. Perhaps the best approach is to just grin and bear...
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Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: An emerging politics of Brexit

...University seminar series, which is funded by the British Psychological Society (BPS). The seminars explore how citizenship is reconfigured in the era of Brexit using insights from social psychology and other social sciences. In a previous contribution to the MiM blog, I considered the value of developing a social psychology of citizenship. In that post, I suggested that...
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