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Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...money; what’s clear is that the work disappeared from view. During the 1870s, some expert detective work positively identified a surviving example of the poem as the work of Shelley. Much more recently in 2006, a single copy was re-discovered by the scholar H.R.Woudhuysen, but it was lodged in a private collection so the work remained hidden from public view. That was...
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...Business School is offering a new course: B324 Marketing and society. It includes three main areas: social marketing (40 per cent of the course), marketing ethics (30 per cent of the course) and responsible business marketing (30 per cent of the course). This OpenLearn course examines the nature of social marketing and how the adoption of marketing concepts, frameworks...
Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...Businesses. Direct impacts included damage to buildings and stock and loss of income due to business disruption in the event of flood and higher insurance premiums for businesses located in flood-risk areas. Government. The public expect the government to be in control if there is a major flood. It is responsible for relief work and ensuring safety and clean up. It may...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...business event. What do we do? Mostly unconsciously we search around the room making judgements! We might not like to admit this intellectually, but at an unconscious level we look to see who looks safe or possibly threatening, or who might be attractive or otherwise, or who might be ‘like us’ in some way. We then gravitate only towards the people who pass our...
Stories of Change Introduction
Nature & Environment

Stories of Change Introduction

...business, politics, from a wide range of views, but we asked him to do something slightly different to his normal day job. If he goes to get an interview for a news programme then he will perhaps spend five to ten minutes with someone, trying to just capture a few sentences. We asked him to really take his time and to spend 30-60 minutes or so just really trying to give...
Election days: 1868 - No vote, no verger
History & The Arts

Election days: 1868 - No vote, no verger

...Business called me this morning to a place not 100 miles from Blackheath. When I had finished, as it was West Kent election day, I strolled about, and at last pulled up near a polling-booth. My attention was immediately directed to a man coming away from it with an air which showed he was a free and independent Briton who had given his vote conscientiously - you can...
Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does nanotechnology offer a better way of dealing with electronic waste?

...business models “including the availability of capital, expected return and the policy environment,” says Chattopadhyay. Others are less optimistic. “Physical crushing requires a lot of energy, especially when dealing with complex circuit boards with a variety of components. Smelting circuit boards is more economical and feasible,” says R. Parthasarathi, managing...
Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes
History & The Arts

Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes

...business and politics, the death penalty and the foundations of global trade? Are the Benin Bronzes artworks? Are they artefacts? To whom do they belong? Discover answers to these questions and more, by watching the documentary below. Transcript References, credits and acknowledgements References https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/arts/design/benin-bronzes.html...