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The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives
Education & Development

The Black History Month Talks: Reclaiming Narratives

...systems, and how Black women can reclaim their online presence to reshape digital discourse and challenge stereotypes. Eleanor St Hilaire Empowering Black Excellence: Dispelling False Narratives in Education Eleanor St Hilaire celebrates the excellence of Black university students while confronting deficit-based narratives that misrepresent their abilities and potential....
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Environmental responsibility
Nature & Environment

Environmental responsibility

...Systems and Environments briefly reflects on his academic background before looking more closely at the deeper issues raised in TD866 Environmental Responsibility. Martin also discusses what questions you might expect to be confronted with when studying this course; What are the complexities of environmental issues? How do we understand environmental responsibility? and...
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The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...systems, their designs have become more sophisticated. But in essence, they’re much the same as they were when they first went global. And their future seems likely to depend on these essential qualities and purposes continuing to be relevant as communications technology develops. KB: There are a number of different ways I approach this question. Firstly, I firmly...
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Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Nature & Environment

Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world

...systems, with knock-on positive changes in women’s roles and access to education. My own research and teaching have developed systems thinking and collaborative or social learning approaches to water management. Systems thinking acknowledges the holistic nature of water and our own roles and collaborative responsibilities as managers in water systems, rather than just...
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Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...system of ecological exploitation leading to a multitude of environmental effects ranging from species extinction to loss of biodiversity and climate change. Why banning the ad was political. Whilst Greenpeace often engages with politics, its primary aim is environmental and not political. The advert ban highlights the perception of the political nature of environmental...
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Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel
Science, Maths & Technology

Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel

...systems thinking free us from fear? Simon Bell & Charles Cutting's graphic novel asks the question...Find out more about The Open University's Design courses and qualifications. We are all victims of fear. Project Fear has been with us for hundreds of years. So far, we have made little attempt to map fear or understand how it is used. Find out how fear is weaponised and...
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Energy efficiency: hospitals
Nature & Environment

Energy efficiency: hospitals

...Hospital transport strategies Strategies aimed at limiting private car use at a UK hospital. Making hospital transport eco-friendly An Austrian hospital has revolutionised its goods and services transport systems as part of a wider environmental strategy. A green hospital A British hospital incorporates a range of forward-thinking ideas to cut its energy use by 40%....
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Ecosystems: modelling the Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: modelling the Earth

...systems modelling can help our understanding of how the Earth's processes affect each other. For example, by increasing the rate of decay of leaf litter in North American forests, scientists can investigate the effect on global temperatures. The acid test is to see how well the model reflects reality, by comparing the model's predictions against real-world data. This...
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