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Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...business, to engage with the ideas and techniques in this course. In this course, you will be exploring the connections (sometimes obvious, sometimes not; sometimes positive, sometimes negative) between innovation and environmental management by organisations in order to gain some critical insight into the experiences and practices of innovators in real-world situations....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
History & The Arts

Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?

...money both out of people’s desire to engage in dishonest behaviour – and out of the guilt and regret that they felt later. It is the latter that the hackers seem particularly worked up about. ALM had a policy that apparently allowed users to delete their profiles, but they charged for it, at a cost of US$19. This produced US$2m of income for the company in 2014. The...
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Article 5 mins
After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?
Society, Politics & Law

After the mudslide, what help does Sierra Leone need?

...money. Giving cash to be spent locally allows a country with limited financial resources to support its own people who are there on the ground and available immediately to help. Rather than importing goods from overseas, the means of reconstruction are purchased locally. Money can be misdirected but so can goods and services. All aid must be monitored and evaluated. Embed...
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Article 5 mins
Other Moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Other Moons

...money, Europa’s internal ocean is the likeliest venue in the whole Solar System to host extra-terrestrial life. Some eruptions that are powered by expansion of sulphur dioxide gas send plumes of volcanic ash hundreds of kilometres into the sky; others emit lengthy lava flows of a composition akin to basalt. The global resurfacing rate by lava and fall-out from the...
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Article 5 mins
What does scientific evidence tell us about making our homes energy efficient?
Money & Business

What does scientific evidence tell us about making our homes energy efficient?

...money by making your house more efficient. But how much of it is just - ho ho - hot air? Meet a man who built a house in a lab to find out...What does making a house “energy efficient” actually mean? We know it’s important: homes account for around a quarter of total energy consumption, and most of this is used for heating and hot water. So anything you can do to...
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COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step
Nature & Environment

COP26 and the Glasgow Pact...one small step

...Money – flowing from richer to poorer nations to help build their capacities to adapt to climate change, reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, and compensate for any unavoidable loss and damages. Short-term national plans – the formal detailed NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) that nations must produce and keep ratcheting down on a 5-year cycle under the...
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Article 5 mins
Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?

...money, the most ranking points and gain the highest attendances and television audiences. Wimbledon is the oldest event which started in 1877, the US National Championships started in 1881, the French Championships in 1891 and Australian Championships in 1905.The Australian Open is the held in January each year on hard courts in Melbourne. The final is played at the Rod...
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Article 5 mins
Young people making their own media
Education & Development

Young people making their own media

...money, through brand endorsements or book deals -such as the fashion and beauty vlogger Zoella. Success like this can be a double-edged sword - the more popular and successful a YouTube personality becomes, the further away they move from the relatable status that their brand is built on. They - and the publicists and agents who profit from their identities - must...
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Article 10 mins