Science, Maths & Technology
World Space Week
World Space Week is held every year between 4th-10th October - it is a celebration of science and technology. We've put together some fantastic free resources to mark this occasion.
History & The Arts
Life through a lens
...technology? Lenses are objects where art and science meet. Human curiosity about miniature worlds and worlds beyond our own has been driven by scientists and artists, often sharing the technology of lenses to see further and closer. Scientists and artists have made observations and found solutions to the problem of how to record what the lens reveals. New knowledge has...
Nature & Environment
Digital carbon footprints and remote working
...technology utilisation point of view, workplace tools allow for centralised reporting on time used. Beyond this, as Tom Greenwood mentioned in the interview above, staff can be incentivised to provide regular updates which can be anonymised and aggregated to create a holistic snapshot. It should be noted though, that an employer’s efforts to understand their worker’s...
Nature & Environment
Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?
...technology and home insulation to reduce emissions. These elements, of both nature conservation and low-carbon energy technologies, can be argued to have the potential to achieve green growth by decoupling carbon emissions, along with other forms of environmental degradation, from economic growth. These activities all connect well to the Keynesian approaches of...
Education & Development
Access courses
...education and work towards gaining a diploma or degree. Join the thousands of people who have studied with us...There is no typical OU student. People of all ages and backgrounds study with us, for all sorts of reasons. Our open admissions policy helps thousands of people achieve their potential even if their previous education experience or qualifications may have been...
Education & Development
'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
...education, healthcare, social welfare, etc.), that focus on individual racism instead of seeking to understand the norms, behaviours, and other processes that perpetuate the status quo and are implicated in shaping the actions of individual actors within these organisations and institutions, limit the possibility of change and limit the possibility of addressing racial...
Society, Politics & Law
How data is making our cities smarter
...technological life and has made the news recently due to breaches, misuse and new legislative regulations. For smart city planners, an individual's data is often not very useful - big data which amalgamates individual activities looking for patterns is far more relevant. Smart city tech companies are interested in the overview, not in being bogged down looking at...
Science, Maths & Technology
Take a look behind the scenes of ThrustWSH
...technologies are needed to break the water speed record with ThrustWSH (Water speed hydrofoil)...Click on the image hotspots to find out more about the technologies used in the ThrustWSH boat. The interactive works best if you click on the “Fullscreen” button in the top right-hand corner to make the image larger. @@PLUGINFILE@@/image-hotspots-6173.h5p Record speed...