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What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...economic entity understand the rationale for the emergence of the idea of ‘Europe’ in policy making understand the contested nature of the idea of Europe understand that ‘Europe’ is not coterminous with the European Union appreciate the challenges facing the EU as it expands...What is Europe?: 1 Europe in the twenty-first century - Europe is changing, but so is...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...economic and social relations (Harvey, 2010). Approaching this issue from entirely different ideological perspectives, Karl Marx in the nineteenth century and Joseph Schumpeter in the mid twentienth century both recognised technological and organisational innovation as a fundamental feature of the ‘creative-destructive’ tendencies of capitalism, although the extent to...
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...economics environment radioactive waste management public acceptability. Each of these is actively contested so you should be able to find ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments under each heading. In developing the debate you may wish to focus on one aspect that you consider to be the most important. Alternatively, you may want to construct a debate by referring to a...
Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Stereotypes
Languages

Stereotypes

...economic group, race, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, language, accent and many other factors that distinguish people from one another. The term ‘stereotype’ was first used in its current meaning in 1922 by the political columnist and writer Walter Lippmann, who said that ‘[A stereotype is] a representation of the environment which is in lesser or greater...
Activity 2 hrs
Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?
Society, Politics & Law

Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?

...economic impetus to migrate has declined; for almost a decade, the flow of undocumented migrants has been zero or even negative (more leaving than coming). So, Trump would be building a wall at exactly the moment that undocumented Mexican immigration has slowed. To put it in his terms, a wall would be a bad investment. This article was originally published by Sociological...
How can you use sand to store energy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you use sand to store energy?

...economic feasibility, and the method used to recover energy,” Mubarak told SciDev.Net. "Stored energy recovery process requires the presence of a fluid, either a liquid, air, or gas that is injected into the turbine. This process consumes a lot of energy, which raises the cost.” Calvet admits that more research and funding is needed to commercialise the technology....
Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Hot isostatic pressing (HIP)

...economical for a wider range of components. Pressures vary from 50 to 200 MPa, and temperatures up to 2000˚C with control to ±15˚C possible. Temperature depends on material, but should be high enough to cause diffusion-bonding and low enough to avoid any undesirable structural changes. Typical examples are Ti-6Al-4V, 900˚C; Al-7.5Si-0.5Mg, 500˚C; Fe-16.5Cr-4.5Ni-4Cu,...
OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds-Talk: What does Brexit tell us about Britain?

...Economics. Richard works in the field of comparative politics and specialises in British politics and is presently researching the British prime minister. Anne Wesemann, Lecturer in Law, Faculty of Business and Law , specialises in European Union Law and comparative constitutional law. Anne's research focusses on the constitutional construct of the European Union and the...