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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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The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies
OpenLearn Ireland

The ‘New World’ Beckons: Irish Migration to Britain’s American Colonies

...educated ‘a generation of military/political entrepreneurs in the mechanics and process of settlement’ (2008, p. 168) that would have far-reaching implications for life in other British colonies. For example, English explorer and general Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1537-1583), who earned distinction and notoriety for his ruthless suppression of the Irish clans, was later...
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The challenge of invasive alien species
Nature & Environment

The challenge of invasive alien species

...education/awareness efforts for the general public. In this respect, the public and conservation organisations can play a major role in monitoring for invasive species. Eradication methods could be of physical nature (e.g. direct removal of invasive species by hand or mechanically); chemical (e.g. using toxic chemicals to target and kill the offending invader) or...
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Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...educated guess at who she was. I have been told she is not even mentioned in the school textbooks in relation to studying the Good Friday Agreement and The Northern Ireland Peace Process. Her name has not been forgotten everywhere of course. Ireland and Northern Ireland still talk about her often and the people I meet there still recall the enormous impact she had on...
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What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Society, Politics & Law

What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?

...education and public services. Being transgender can also greatly affect job prospects, sometimes leaving sex work the only option available for them to earn some kind of income. Efforts are being made to raise awareness of LGBT issues, especially in the last few years. In 2015, informal LGBT activists and the Jordan-based LGBT-inclusive magazine My.Kali organized a small...
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The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Jane Austen

...education, and markers of station, but did so on limited incomes, which depended precariously on the life, health, diligence, and probity of the male breadwinner. As the critic Edward Copeland remarks: ‘As a consequence, money, especially money as spendable income, is the love-tipped arrow aimed at the hearts of Jane Austen’s heroines and her readers…’ Thus the...
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Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on the Northern Ireland Economy 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement

...education that explain low productivity. The NI economy being locked in a kind of underdevelopment trap that is an important element in explaining the persistence of weak economic performance linked to productivity. Figure 2 shows the continuing productivity challenge since the GFA in relation to the rest of UK. [Productivity, output per hour (UK=100)] Figure 2:...
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