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What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...Mode 2 knowledge which ‘encourages cooperative interaction between scholars and practitioners’. (Holley, op cit) These can all be seen as versions of interdisciplinarity, but for simplicity we can think of interdisciplinary study being when students are encouraged to integrate and compare the approaches, insights and methods between two or more disciplines as part of...
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Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...mode. Putting this into context; leaving ten average laptops on standby overnight for 365 days a year would waste 307 kWh of electricity per year. Using the live carbon intensity of the UK’s national grid of 226 gCO2e/kWh, this equates to 69 kg of carbon emissions from the wasted energy use of just ten laptops. If you have more than ten laptops, and account for time...
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The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?
Society, Politics & Law

The Open University at 45: What can we learn from Britain's distance education pioneer?

...modes of learning offered by the OU, giving students a choice - particularly working adults for whom flexibility is crucial - improves their chances of persisting. Providing multiple points of entry, at no risk, to attract nontraditional students. Trying out free course materials and podcasts, and watching BBC specials co-created with the OU, requires no commitment from...
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Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...modes of transport can come in handy! Oxfam and The Guardian have used images of vastly expensive super yachts as a way of depicting wealth and affluence, yachts often regarded as the ultimate status symbol that reflects someone’s wealth and privilege. That much of global wealth is hidden, and the way in which the powers, privileges and massive advantages it generates...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...mode, computers, printers, WIFI access points, chargers, smart devices, all consume small amounts of energy, that, over time, on a day-by-day, month-by-month basis can all add up. Turn down things like printer quality, monitor brightness and WIFI transmit power from factory defaults to comfortable lower levels. Stream less video by either switching from HD to SD, or...
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Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives
Education & Development

Reimagining professional learning: conversations across perspectives

...modes of learning. We may be encouraged to attend a course to ‘fill a gap’ or to undertake professional enquiry to ‘solve’ an issue. In contrast, appreciative approaches (Cooke and Saunders, 2023) ask us to focus on what is working well, not just what needs fixing. In doing so, we explore what has powerful potential and imagine what could happen by changing...
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Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...modes of management. Contemporary organisations are increasingly placing a greater emphasis on voluntary forms of cooperation such as employee engagement. Underpinning the heightened need for cooperation and engagement, however, is the fundamental issue of trust. The main changes that have led to the focus on developing trust within organisations are highlighted below:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...Les empreintes digitales’ (1912) on the uniqueness of 16 ridge points on fingerprints to identify people. In 1999 the paper was found to have contained altered images and fingerprints are now considered as opinion evidence, not proof a person was there. This finding was recently reported by Miller (2013) in his law blog. August Vollmer (1876–1955) was the chief of...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs