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Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...energy-saving measures in support of the environment. Social consumption is highest among pensioners. Neighbourhood participation is more closely related to age, increasing noticeably among people aged 50 and above. Differences in participation relating to ethnicity are small. English respondents tend to have the lowest neighbouring scores. Welsh respondents average the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...Solar panels is a gadget, so that can help or efficiency can help, all these little things build up which is wonderful. So a lot of it is education, but then education of the masses is fighting against the corporate big cheeses essentially, so big companies that rely on fossil fuels, the reality is that they are very much about the bottom line. They are not going to be...
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Video 30 mins
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...energy, maintenance, repair and replacement) and, ultimately, decommissioning costs are included. Requirements Generally speaking, a requirement identifies an expression of need, demand or obligation. An essential factor to ensure the quality of any project or any deliverable or product is to get the requirements for it right. If the requirements are not clearly and...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
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Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...energy prices and exacerbated by the rising cost of other essentials has made it even more important to take a tight grip of your personal finances. This course will enable you do that. Transcript Enrolling on the course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge – this, together with the OpenLearn statement of participation, constitute the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...energy start to slip. As you will have noticed from the six aspects of the definition, leadership is not a solitary pursuit, but involves people supporting one another to generate the agency to lead. This activity will begin to explore that process. Activity 1 The agency to lead Timing: Allow around 15 minutes Watch the following interview clip with Jason Sinclair, where...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Citizen science and global biodiversity Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Citizen science and global biodiversity

...energy transfer and the cycling of components constitute the ecosystem. Activity 1 Energy sources Timing: Allow about 5 minutes What sources of energy would be available to plants and animals in a small ecosystem such as a small wood? Suggest two examples for each. Answer For plants, the most obvious sources of energy are sunlight and nutrients from the soil. For animals,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...energy (electricity and gas)?’, I seem to run into all four of the information constraints March refers to, just because I make a wide range of choices in this area. I have many electrical appliances (fridge, cooker, television, etc.), and both electric and gas heating, so deciding what and how to change, to reduce my overall use of energy, is a fairly complex...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...energy we consume, how well we sleep at night, and so on. All these products have made more visible, and therefore allowed us to better manage, aspects of our life that might otherwise escape our attention even though they are important for our well-being. Importantly, because they blend in with the clothes we wear or the objects we use daily, these technologies have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs