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The planet as the stakeholder
Money & Business

The planet as the stakeholder

...Open University tutor and business consultant, I’ve conducted many stakeholder analyses, often classified by the following dimensions: Power – those able to marshal the means to impose their will. Legitimacy – those who have little input in the decision-making but whose concerns are viable. Urgency – those who can create a call for action. In practice, businesses...
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How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does trauma influence identity and engagement with extremism?

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. What are extremism and terrorism? There is no agreed-on definition for these terms, as different countries define them in various ways. However, extremism can be understood as strong vocal and active opposition to the fundamental values of a society such as democracy, tolerance and the rule of law. Violent extremism...
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Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...open up our imagination, they expand our minds and they allow us to travel across time and space. Above all, they allow us to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Are we making it harder for our children to discover the joy of books, the joy of reading and the joy of learning precisely by turning literacy practices into a utilitarian duty that is all about...
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Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs
History & The Arts

Charles Dickens and the dinosaurs

...opening of Bleak House (1852-53), Dickens packed the term ‘Megalosaurus’ within a metaphor of how unpleasant weather made the streets of London more suitable for prehistoric beasts than Victorians. Similarly, in a travelogue from All the Year Round, Dickens wondered how subsequent generations might trace child poverty and neglect in the fossils of Victorian London....
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Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...Open University academics, suggests that this climate policy ‘game’ is beginning to look outdated. OK, so what’s changed? We identified three factors: Our understanding of the economic impacts of climate policy is developing. The traditional modelling approach, still widely used, assumes an ‘optimised equilibrium’. Think of perfect markets, where supply always...
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Why do we keep running?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do we keep running?

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses With a reported 2m people running in the UK and an estimated 10m in the US, the activity is on the rise, and fast becoming the most popular form of exercise. Running fits as snuggly into modern life as an eager foot into a plush pair of new trainers. It can be done alone and in almost any environment. As a solitary activity,...
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Sherry is not just for Christmas
Science, Maths & Technology

Sherry is not just for Christmas

...open to make the most of the delicate flavours the fermentation and maturation process has created. So sherry is special, it is like no other wine and has its own flavours created by the quite unique process of wine making developed in the region. Many Spanish would argue that if you buy real sherry from Jerez, made through this process, there is no such thing as a bad...
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A brief history of the eisteddfod
History & The Arts

A brief history of the eisteddfod

An eisteddfod (literally a session) is a cultural competition unique to the Welsh people. So, how did it come to be?...Find out more about The Open University’s music courses_.  _ The eisteddfod story goes back to 1176 when The Lord Rhys of Deheubarth (Rhys ap Gruffydd) held a feast at Cardigan castle and invited singers and poets from all the Celtic lands to compete...
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