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Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...institutions, the media (including the BBC and Channel 4),commercial companies and start-ups on digital strategy and content development. For 15 years, Lisa has worked across all media and social channels (winning BAFTAs and an International Emmy), with 7 years as BBC Science and Nature Commissioner. She is also Visiting Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at...
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...institutions for holding equities Reduced wealth in emerging economies The 1929 Wall Street Crash a. Increased wealth in emerging economies b. The aging population of developed economies c. Developed economics are switching from defined benefits to defined contribution schemes d. Higher income tax rates on dividends e. Increased regulation on insurance companies f. The...
Explainer: What is autophagy?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: What is autophagy?

...Institute of Technology) for the discovery of the mechanism for autophagy, one of the key ways in which the cells in our body destroy and recycle unwanted or damaged cellular material. What is autophagy? In order for the cells in our body to function correctly, they continually renew the vital internal machinery necessary for them to survive. To balance this, there must...
Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...institution, which would probably be just once or twice a year, that could be just enough time for near complete evaporation. Typically DNPH would be commercially supplied in small quantities to mitigate against the risk of any large and destructive explosions. So, if not stockpiled, the impact of an explosion from a jar of dry DNPH in a school laboratory should not be...
Building over farmland: Will city expansion leave the world hungry?
Nature & Environment

Building over farmland: Will city expansion leave the world hungry?

...Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin, Germany, who participated in the study. The resulting loss of forests can influence the local climate too. In India, there is enough evidence to believe that forests cleared for agriculture have weakened the summer monsoon rainfall. Interestingly, such cropland losses are not expected to have strong implications...
How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?
Science, Maths & Technology

How are Ethiopian coffee growers responding to climate change?

...Institute for Climate Change Adaptation, Kenya, says that although the study cannot predict with full certainty, it holds important messages for policymakers. “Start planning to expand coffee growing areas to higher elevation, he suggests. “The expansion should be coupled with forestation of the areas.“ Researchers and policymakers should also map out the human,...
Open Talks - Wales: Music Nation
History & The Arts

Open Talks - Wales: Music Nation

...an overarching study of Welsh music history and detailed consideration of the ideas, beliefs, practices and institutions that shaped it. Learn more with OpenLearn [Open Talks from The Open University in Wales] Open Talks is a video series where Open University academics share their expertise and passion on a subject or issue of their choice. Watch more from Open Talks...
Access courses
Education & Development

Access courses

...institutions have been disruption we offer a service to recognise prior accredited learning where appropriate, allowing students to gain credit for parts of an OU award through their previous achievement. All submissions are considered on a case by case basis. We are also offer a 30-credit transition module YXM 130 which is designed specifically for those learners who had...