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Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Looe, Cornwall

...et al, 2014 and Burdett, M. 2018). The UK government only agreed on funding for 2015 to 2021 of £1.2bn for coastal erosion and sea-flooding projects despite the projected need of that the UK will be £1bn a year for 50 years on river and sea defences (Environment Agency, cited by The Guardian, 2019). The UK government has prioritized areas of high population such as...
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...et al., 2020). [This is a photograph showing the removal of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol] The empty statue pillar stand of Edward Colston that was removed during a Black Lives Matter Protest in Bristol, 2020 coloniality has survived decolonisation and still informs today's globalised worldIn fact, modern racial categories and the racial domination associated with...
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has a variety of knowledge sheets and provides guidance on the recommended diagnosis, treatment and care for lots of different conditions such as diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and heart disease. NICE guidance in particular is good quality evidence to use in your academic work. Other websites can be run by charitable...
Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will we ever be able to trust an AI sports coach?

...et al., 2023). [Male gymnast on pommel horse] AI has the capacity to analyse large sets of data, such as analysing football players to allow automatic identification of dynamic attack formations which can support ‘tactical training’ (Sperlich, Duking, Leppich and Holmberg, 2023, p. 2). AI also affords opportunities for the identification of athlete talent, predicting...
Hybrid working: change management
Money & Business

Hybrid working: change management

...institutions (HEIs) continue to evolve their hybrid practice, how you work and plan for the long term is essential. You need to balance the needs of your stakeholders and organisation while embracing and adapting to external factors to successfully meet strategic objectives. The framework helps you to consider and understand your organisational context and needs from key...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
About Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

About Earth In Vision

...Institute at The Open University The production team [John McIntyre Desmond Morris Jeremy Bristow] John McIntyre, Desmond Morris and Jeremy Bristow This unique collection of interviews for The Open University’s Earth in Vision project has been produced and directed by Jeremy Bristow and edited by John McIntyre. Jeremy Bristow is a documentary maker with a special...
The impact of Brexit on British wages
Money & Business

The impact of Brexit on British wages

...institution of some new policies like the creation of a national minimum wage. Role of EU The EU has had an overall positive role or at least not negative direct role for British wages. Legally, it has put forth a number of important employee regulations designed to protect their job security and wages. Economically, it has fostered higher consumer demand through...
Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists

...institutions that will prove a challenge. The big question for the AfD now is how it will perform in 2021. Radical parties can find the mundane world of parliamentary politics stultifying. The AfD has no chance of having to actually exercise power – all of Germany’s parties have long since said that they won’t work with it – but its politicians will have to...