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Oil majors told to adapt or die
Nature & Environment

Oil majors told to adapt or die

...management strategies within the oil majors have failed to deliver value to shareholders, and profits are declining sharply, Stevens says. Impact on climate Meanwhile, growing public and governmental concerns over fossil fuels and their impact on the climate, together with a sharp drop in prices, are threatening the survival of the international oil companies (IOCs)....
Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
Education & Development

Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community

...project’s future...When I started my job at The Open University, I was intrigued by the various staff networks available. There seemed to exist these autonomous, staff-led spaces where individuals with shared experiences could meet to support, motivate, listen to, and be heard by each other. The network for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff appealed to me, and after...
Review: Europe Reset
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Europe Reset

...project, writes Richard Berry...[Stop / Reset button] Richard Youngs’s book on democracy in Europe, Europe Reset: New Directions for the EU, begins with a rather visceral criticism of EU leaders’ apparent distance from the people they serve: At a supposedly crucial summit in Bratislava in September 2016, billed as a meeting where a new course for European integration...
Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference
Education & Development

Evolutions in Education: The OU Education Conference

...introduction to the hub. [Welcome to The OU Education Conference]Download video transcript CPD recognition for conference participants If you took part in the conference and/or are using this hub as part of your professional learning or CPD, you can use our FREE online course, Professional Learning into Action on OpenLearn Create to gain recognition and demonstrate the...
Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Project Based Learning and Evaluation to future and current educators and teachers. From 1991 he has designed and led online programs on personal, group and organizational development. He worked in recruitment, compensation, and organization structuring for the civilian workforce of the US Army before moving to a business career in Human Resources, Issue Management and...
'As rich as Croesus'
History & The Arts

'As rich as Croesus'

...project and other reliable sources, such as the BBC, British Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art, to help you to explore where the saying ‘as rich as Croesus’ came from and to provide an opportunity for you to understand how the text of Herodotus can be compared with the archaeological record. [Croesus gold coin] Gold coin of Croesus, from the Metropolitan Museum of...
Writing your research proposal
Education & Development

Writing your research proposal

...project you would like to pursue if you’re offered a place. When reviewing your proposal, there are three broad considerations that those responsible for admission onto the programme will bear in mind: 1. Is this PhD / PD research proposal worthwhile? 2. Is this PhD / PD candidate capable of completing a doctorate at this university? 3. Is this PhD / PD research...
Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...project. This is needed from the outset to understand who might be centrally involved in the project, as well as those directly and indirectly affected by it, considering both during and following the project itself. [An ecological representation of the web of potential relationships in educational research with the forcibly displaced.]Figure 1 An ecological...