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Introducing environmental decision making
Nature & Environment

Introducing environmental decision making

...business, I resent public money being used for what is basically a commercial enterprise and a profit-making enterprise. Narrator As air traffic at Swansea Airport grows, the danger of accidents may also increase. Here a helicopter trying to land has crashed just in front of the control tower. Male Do you know if anybody is hurt? Female airport employee I don’t know,...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...money, I bought a Beretta. I spent ten days snatching watches, ‘Pah, pah’ [his onomatopoeic rendition of children stealing watches]. First I bought a Mauser and then I held it against a lady's neck. I swiped her money and a bunch of videocassettes. I spent more than a month with the gun, stealing. Then I sold it and with the money I'd stolen and the money from the gun...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...business interest for the OU (Perryman et al., 2013; Law and Perryman, 2015). Today, OpenLearn’s audience is global, and its video content is also shared on YouTube, collectively reaching over 14 million people a year, rising to 22 million during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity, now a business-as-usual function for the OU, has been researched...
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Article 10 mins
How can Theresa May escape from the Fixed Term Parliaments Act?
Society, Politics & Law

How can Theresa May escape from the Fixed Term Parliaments Act?

...business of government to a standstill, the SNP say they vote against the legislation that formally repeal Britain’s membership of the EU. And unelected members of the House of Lords have vowed to fight us every step of the way.” The background to Mrs May’s decision to call a snap election is the government’s small majority of 17 and the abiding weakness of the...
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Article 5 mins
Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park
Science, Maths & Technology

Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park

...busy week at work, and you get a call from home: “You know that fault on the sequential shunt unit? Looks like this Friday would be a good time to get it sorted. It’ll be easy to fix – just one bolt needs to be undone.” If you are handy about the house, undoing a bolt to change a bit of kit is easy and may just take five minutes. Unless the bolt is buried deep...
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Article 5 mins
Redundancy - what are your next steps?
Education & Development

Redundancy - what are your next steps?

...busy or develop new skills, you could consider studying while looking for work. Studying Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Badged Online Courses (BOCs), are a great way to maintain your continuing professional development. Free online seminars such as TED Talks are also an excellent way to increase your knowledge and awareness of current issues. Finally, do...
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Article 5 mins
Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...business and financial services. It follows that a thorough underlying narrative is an imperative in trying to understand the economic implications of this global brand possibly retreating from Ireland following Brexit. A similar argument can be made for the crucial Agri-food sector, whose production crisscrosses the Irish border and the rest of the UK. Brexit appears to...
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Article 10 mins
Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...business and financial services; higher education; ICT; oil, gas and energy; pharmaceuticals; shipbuilding and repairs; sport and leisure; and, tourism sectors. In other words, what is termed a modern knowledge economy; In population size terms, it would be about two million smaller than the Netherlands and three million bigger than Belgium; Its total national income...
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Article 5 mins