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Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather
Society, Politics & Law

Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather

...work is linked to the Environment and Society course - DD213, which studies the entanglements between society and the environment. And explores how financial markets are being a solution to some of the risks to firms and their profitability presented by nature. It broadly looks at how weather such as severe drought, too much rainfall, unusually warm winters and so on, can...
Sut beth yw dychwelyd i addysg wrth weithio?
Education & Development

Sut beth yw dychwelyd i addysg wrth weithio?

...o hyd i’r cydbwysedd cywir rhwng gwaith, bywyd a’i hastudiaethau, yn ogystal â’r gefnogaeth y mae wedi’i chael ar hyd y ffordd. [Ffion shares her experience of studying while working] [Logo Prifysgol Bangor] Darparwyd yr adnodd hwn gan Brifysgol Bangor ac mae'n rhan o'r hwb Barod ar gyfer Prifysgol. Gallwch ddod o hyd i fwy o adnoddau fel hyn ar hafan yr hwb....
Gain a badge and further your career
Money & Business

Gain a badge and further your career

...as evidence of your achievement – and it's all for free. If you're more interested in shorter pieces of learning to help improve your career, we offer an array of free courses on OpenLearn. See our 'For work' courses With all of these courses, they can be studied at any time and at a pace to suit you. You can also earn a free statement of participation on completion....
How do we measure personality?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do we measure personality?

...there’s been a lot more consensus, we seemed to have converged around five as a number that works well. Again, there’s nothing magic about that number. Some people are arguing we could add one in, but now there is this idea that we do seem to capture the core essence of people’s personality using those five dimensions. Brendan Burchell on personality Find out more...
All the Fun of the Fair
Science, Maths & Technology

All the Fun of the Fair

...work. This material makes up part of The Open University course MST209 Mathematical methods and models... All the Fun of the Fair A short introduction to this album. Circular Motion and the Chairoplane Roundabout The Nottingham Goose fair provides the backdrop to numerous examples of circular motion. A ride showing uniform motion in the horizontal plane. The Millennium...
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...work, including making decisions about what is assessed and how it is assessed. Most of all, however, the course will have at its heart considerations of how music assessment can be musical. The course identifies and explores some of the key issues and debates around assessment and music in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates you will...
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors...
World Bipolar Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Bipolar Day

...work life and enjoying weeks, months or sometimes years of stable mood. As long as someone gets the right treatment and support, it really is possible to live well with bipolar. [A mood scale from bipolar UK]Bipolar uk mood scale. Download PDF here.Show description Supporting people with bipolar While much of the work we do at Bipolar UK is to encourage wider...