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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...resource. But Medicins Sans Frontières are finding research is a key part of response. Anita Makri explains why...[Médecins Sans Frontières ebola treament centre in Maghuraka, Sierra Leone, 2014] An MSF treatment centre in Sierra Leonne, during the 2014 ebola crisis You have a mission to help people caught up in an emergency – would you put scientific research on...
After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?
Society, Politics & Law

After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?

...resources to support its own people who are there on the ground and available immediately to help. Rather than importing goods from overseas, the means of reconstruction are purchased locally. Money can be misdirected but so can goods and services. All aid must be monitored and evaluated. Embed from Getty Images The aftermath Then there’s the risk of epidemics, the fear...
Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
Society, Politics & Law

Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job

...resource to help developers and professionals as well as anyone with a keen interest in learning more about Cairngorms landscapes’. As a geographer interested in understandings of landscape the ‘landscape toolkit’ provides an intriguing example of how landscape, as a concept, provides a particular challenge to policy makers. The need to measure and quantify a...
Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...resources severely diminished the IOCs’ power. “There can be little doubt that, from an investor’s point of view, the international oil companies have been failing to perform” Starting in the 1990s, the IOCs embarked on a high-risk strategy: they invested in increasingly higher-cost and more technologically-challenging projects. This was built on a
So, what is this EU referendum everybody is talking about?
Society, Politics & Law

So, what is this EU referendum everybody is talking about?

...resources, information etc. they want and need. It is like the farmer’s market around your corner, but on a much bigger scale. Every Member State has access to this big unified single market without having to pay any customs duties, tariffs or fees when trading on it. Leaving the EU would mean losing all access to this market. Buying French wine and German cars can cost...
Why would you want your own web domain?
Digital & Computing

Why would you want your own web domain?

...resource provisioning of the site myself. Taking the step towards hosting your own site is a big one, for many people (I’m too lazy to host my own sites, for example…) But initiatives like Reclaim Hosting, and more recently OU Create (from Oklahoma University, not the UK OU), originally inspired by a desire to provide a personal playspace in which students could...
Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: the Next Generation

...further reading These three women poets are just a few of the many contemporary Irish women publishing and receiving acclaim for their work. There is more information about contemporary Irish women’s poetry in the following resources. Poetry Ireland The Irish Poetry Reading Archive Salmon Poetry The Gallery Press Dedalus Press Arlen House Poet Head by Chris Murray...
Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity
Society, Politics & Law

Refugee Creativity and Communities of Solidarity

...resources https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/refugees-migrants-and-asylum?utm_source=google&utm_medium=grant&utm_campaign=AWA_REFU_asylum-seekers&utm_content=famous%20refugees https://lithub.com/15-works-of-contemporary-literature-by-and-about-refugees/