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Innovation, markets and industrial change
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation, markets and industrial change

...economics: formulating theories, modelling, debate and persuasion, analysis of data, understanding the behaviour of economic institutions such as companies and households, and analysing economic processes. It also seeks to show how all of these economic techniques can be used to build up a rich understanding of innovation and economic change. This OpenLearn course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?
Society, Politics & Law

Can you put a figure on the humanitarian crisis?

...economic migrants” and “refugees fleeing conflict”. The implication is that the latter deserve help while the former should be sent back to where they came from. This distinction fails to grasp the complexities of current situations. People need to flee unsustainable living conditions whether they are related to political factors or conflicts of a more fundamental...
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Article 5 mins
Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)
History & The Arts

Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)

...economic and political realities. In the years that followed, CIAM produced many radical and ambitious documents which sought to place architecture at the centre of economic and political discussions about building a new and better world. And with the backing of CIAM, the Modernists began their mission to make architecture not simply about the building of buildings, but...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...economic contexts to create value. We will consider some sceptical voices about the transformative and beneficial value of innovation. Finally, you will learn about innovation management and the importance of considering people, technology, organisational and contextual (PTOC) factors in effective management of innovation. You do not need to have worked in a technology...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Building and Dwelling - Ethics for the City

...economic context, including the issue of inequality, upon its ethics of the city are underexplored...[Denver from the sky] The question of how we should live in the city is the subject of Richard Sennett’s Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City. The book promotes the virtues of an ‘open city’ that accepts and works with complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty,...
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Article 5 mins
Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Synthesis as a way of understanding the changing uniqueness of rural Ireland

...economic pattern. Synthesis The way in which places retain their uniqueness within wider systems of interdependence is an important methodological issue within geography and is approached through the method of synthesis. This is a way of explaining: how the different elements of society are linked together in any one particular place and, how links between places, for...
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The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union
Society, Politics & Law

The Good Friday Agreement and the future of the union

...economically, culturally, socially and democratically. For all the hype around movements such as “Ireland’s Future” it is clear the dialogue is operating in an echo chamber, the outreach to unionism is minimal, the arguments for constitutional change are weak and often solely romantic. Even with the demographic changes of recent years, no poll suggests that...
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Article 5 mins
Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are today's progressive political heroes still old white men?

...economic equality and social justice. And both have concrete achievements to show for it: Corbyn swept to victory with a huge margin in the Labour leadership contest, while Sanders achieved a 22-point victory over Hillary Clinton in the recent New Hampshire primary. To their supporters, both represent the possibility of a different kind of politics, one that offers to...
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Article 10 mins