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The Open University Worldwide
OpenLearn Ireland

The Open University Worldwide

...world’s largest universities. Through a pioneering teaching method called supported open learning, students can study for a recognised degree at a distance. Flexible and accessible education programmes enable students to transform their lives. Teaching at the Open University Open University course materials anticipate any issues students may encounter and include a...
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Earth and Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth and Life

...world model. Daisyworld: Self regulation James Lovelock continues to look at the idea of Daisy world and its links to nature and systems. Daisyworld: Gaia theory and the real world James Lovelock talks about Gaia theory and predictions that tested the theory. Tibet: the Raymo-Ruddiman Hypothesis John Kutzbach from the University of Wisconsin and Bill Ruddiman from the...
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Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities

...world without fossil fuels? Perhaps you think that living an "alternative" lifestyle has to mean painful and radical changes to the way you live now. This album looks at various small scale initiatives which show that living sustainably may not be as unpalatable as you might imagine. Bedzed, Findhorn, Hockerton, Samsoe Island; these are all decentralised communities at...
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Climate change in the global South: Bangladesh and Senegal
Nature & Environment

Climate change in the global South: Bangladesh and Senegal

...world will be able to evade the consequences of anthropogenic climate change; in other words, climate change that is caused by human activities such as greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, the energy industry and motor transport. The countries of the tropics will be among the first to be affected. Already, there is evidence that tropical countries are beginning to...
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Esports: an introduction to the industry
Science, Maths & Technology

Esports: an introduction to the industry

...World Championships hosted by Atari. In 1990, Nintendo’s World Championships brought further attention to competitive gaming, but it was the growth of PC and online gaming in the late 1990s and early 2000s that truly transformed esports. Esports popular games such as StarCraft, Counter-Strike and Quake started international tournaments, while the rise of broadband...
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Is sleep the secret of success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is sleep the secret of success?

...World Cup success. ...In light of the proposed change kick-off time for England versus Mexico in the 2026 World Cup, one such area that has received a lot of attention in recent times is sleep. As discussed previously, recovery is an important part of competing in a major tournament. Sleep is perhaps the ultimate recovery strategy, but why is it considered to be so...
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Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion

...world is always changing around us. If we want to understand how, we need to think about how we understand. Elizabeth Silva explains why methods do not only describe the world, they build it...[The Women's March on Portland, 22-01-17] Methods are ways of knowing, and they are always changing. Academics have recently become highly methodologically creative, inventing a...
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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
Society, Politics & Law

Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...world. Philip talks excitedly about ‘the electronic eyes and ears of these rockets’, and he notes that ‘Since the beginning of time the world has never been seen as a planet.’ The IGY, and the broadcasting around it, set in train a new understanding of planet Earth as an integrated system, and also of threats to that system generated by humanity. But it’s...
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