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Can tourism be both responsible and sustainable?
Nature & Environment

Can tourism be both responsible and sustainable?

...economic forces that shape global travel as we know it. By the end of the course, you will have a deeper understanding of tourism’s global impact and be ready to imagine how travel can better serve people, places, and the planet...This free course invites you to explore the paradox of modern travel – whether tourism can be both responsible and sustainable. Through...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
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
Current conversations about ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Current conversations about ageing

...economic development as well as in health have lowered mortality rates, particularly among older people, meaning most people can now expect to live into their sixties and beyond.’ (WHO, 2025). But over recent decades, other social changes, such as work becoming more centralised in cities, more people going to college or university and increased access to family...
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Video 25 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
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...economic superpower over the past few decades. This has sparked intense academic and popular debate about the long-term implications of its continued growth. The expansion of China into African countries in pursuit of natural resources has incited particular controversy – does it spell increased cooperation between developing countries for mutual benefit or are Chinese...
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Level 2: Intermediate 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