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The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...Open University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers, OBE. We are continuing our discussion about your book The Legacy of Nuclear Power. I think you are making a very strong point at the end of your book when you take a critical, when you are critical of the currently favoured approach to dealing with nuclear waste, which is deep geological disposal and you are kind of...
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Lord John Browne - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Lord John Browne - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Lord John Browne interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, Interviewer JB: = Lord John Browne, Engineer, Businessman, former Chief Executive of BP, Participant RH: I’m now with John Browne in his offices in Mayfair, I’ve known John for a long time - John thanks for making the time to talk to me this morning When did you...
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Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University postgraduate computing course, M814 Software Engineering...Software and the law: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the differences between various types of intellectual property and the legal frameworks that apply to each type understand the issues that arise when...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Professor Lord Nicholas Stern interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin interviewer NS: = Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Economist, and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the LSE, participant RH: Nick Stern, Lord Stern, thank you very much for agreeing to be interviewed for the OU...
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The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: An introduction to brewing: Introduction - This week you will learn how beer is made. You will first look at the basic components of a beer and see what each of them brings to the development of a beverage. You’ve already met yeast briefly in the first week...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...Resource Economics looked at whether the rules were, in effect, a trade barrier : Until 1997, imports of meat products to the EU were subject to national legislation of the 15 EU members. Because of the 1992 single market program, the EU moved from national to EU-wide legilsation in 1997. The EU Commission started negotiating new VEAs [Veterinary Equivalence Agreements]...
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NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it
Society, Politics & Law

NI Electoral Dynamics, and what Good Friday Agreement did to change it

...resources exploring what the Good Friday Agreement brought to our lives in the 25 years since its signing. I often hear the refrain “nothing ever changes in this place” and “politics always stays the same” but as CS Lewis once said, 'Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back, everything is different?' Since 1998, Northern Ireland has...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland

...Resource Center, Randolph, J.A. (ed.) (2007) Eavan Boland: A Sourcebook. Manchester: Carcanet. Wilson, R. E., & Somerville-Arjat, G. (1990). Sleeping with monsters: Conversations with Scottish and Irish women poets. Edinburgh: Polygon. That the Science of Cartography is Limited (Boland, 1994). Available at:
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