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Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...economic and non-economic interests. For example, around the Blackwater estuary the economic value of land for farming has led to the building of sea defences, the draining of saltmarshes and erosion of the marshes on the seaward side (Figure 5). This creates conflict between those interested in economic development (farming) and those interested in conservation (of an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html (accessed July 2014). DECC (2013) UK Energy in Brief 2013, UK Department of Energy and Climate DECC (2014) UK Energy in Brief 2014, UK Department of Energy and Climate REN21 (2014) Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century. Paris Sorensen, B. (2000) Renewable Energy (2nd...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...economic matters immigration and nationlity misuse of drugs trade and industry aspects of energy regulation (eg electricity, coal, oil and gas and nuclear energy aspects of transport (eg regulation of air services, rail and internationanl shipping employment social security. abortion,genetics, surrogacy, medicines broadcasting equal opportunities. Law making in the UK...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...economic, operational, and technical benefits as well as garner public accolades and increased profile from that success, “openwashing” becomes more prevalent. As far as I know, Michelle Thorn, Mozilla’s Director of the Webmaker Program, was the first to define openwashing in 2009: “Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. Derived...
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Article 5 mins
Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list
Money & Business

Chlorine-washed chicken: An OpenLearn reading list

...Economics looked at whether the rules were, in effect, a trade barrier : Until 1997, imports of meat products to the EU were subject to national legislation of the 15 EU members. Because of the 1992 single market program, the EU moved from national to EU-wide legilsation in 1997. The EU Commission started negotiating new VEAs [Veterinary Equivalence Agreements] with third...
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Article 10 mins
What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...economic frontier, the effects of such state-led policies on cash-dependent economies must be considered seriously before they are indiscriminately introduced. My work in India leads me to believe that cash plays an important role in our modern economy, particularly among the poor, and those urging a cashless future should do so with great caution. This article was...
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Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?
History & The Arts

Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?

...economically successful film industries that are not always subject to the same problems. At the very least, we need to question whether we mean that all cinema needs saving. [Margot Robbie as Barbie]Margot Robbie as Barbie. Moreover, it’s crucial that we look beyond blockbuster releases to the health of arthouse cinema. The system that many film distributors insist...
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OpenLearn's response to the pandemic
Education & Development

OpenLearn's response to the pandemic

...economic uncertainty. Volunteers from OpenLearn and the OU have delivered more than 50 training workshops to help 1,800 front-line JCP Work Coaches and clients in the 750 JCP offices across the UK adapt to online learning and get the most from ODS courses. As a result, OpenLearn is now also supporting the UK Kickstart Scheme with content for candidates and employers....
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