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Environmental Ethics
Nature & Environment

Environmental Ethics

...he views genetically modified crops as a benign technology. The activist A campaigner explains her biocentric worldview and how this affects her stance on GM crops. The organic farmer An organic farmer explains why organic cultivation is the best alternative to modifying the genetics of crops. GM: points of view Some of the views that feed into the policy-making process....
Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...technologies to explore the impact of emotions on financial decision-making and to develop new approaches to learning, which can support effective choices. In this podcast Professor Mark Fenton-O'Creevy of The Open University Business School looks at the work of this research programme and explores the ways in which emotions affect how we all (from investment bankers to...
Department for Work & Pensions
Education & Development

Department for Work & Pensions

...with leading providers of online education, the DWP are promoting resources that will benefit learners everywhere. They have selected these OpenLearn courses to enhance your digital and employability skills, so you can prepare more effectively to achieve your career aspirations. There are also courses to help you improve your functional English and Mathematics skills....
The impact of a Professional Doctorate
Education & Development

The impact of a Professional Doctorate

...educational experiences of four OU graduates, and the difference the professional doctorate made in their lives. Transcripts Professor Hazel Reid - Transcript Dr Eddie Rocks - Transcript Dr Pauline Lyseight-jones - Transcript Dr Tim Maxwell - Transcript EdD stories Read about the personal and professional impact of the Professional Doctorate on OU graduates. EdD posters...
Supporting children's development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children's development

...a deeper understanding of children's development from early years up to the age of 17. You will focus on topics including the development and management of relationships, encouraging reading, behavioural management, special educational needs and the importance of reflective practice. Transcript If you are interested in studying this course, visit the course website here....
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial Revolution to the present day, find out how we have changed the planet...Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This free course, Working with our environment: an introduction,...
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...technologies is really exciting, so energy storage is beginning to come in much more rapidly than people thought it would just a couple of years ago and its costs are falling. Electric vehicles now look as if they’re well established in the market; the sales of electric vehicles, could accelerate very dramatically. Countries are looking at the way they develop and...
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
Languages

“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...education and almost all vestiges of the language from public and state existence. Many Irish language speakers in the north today will point to the founding of Gaeltacht Bhóthar Seoighe, the first urban Gaeltacht in Ireland in over 100 years, as the beginning of the current revival, which led directly to the birth of Scoil Ghaeilge Bhéal Feirste (now Bunscoil Phobal...