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Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...educating the public about environmental issues. While Iceland certainly has other practices that are environmentally unsound (for example selling meat products and using refrigeration requiring energy that produces carbon dioxide), their advert ought to be commended for drawing attention to the catastrophe that is unfolding. By squashing the Iceland advert, Clearcast is...
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
PodMag May 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag May 2016

...Open University...Get your highlighters ready, it’s revision time! In the May edition of the PodMag, Karen interviews Dr Georgina Blakeley, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies and Chair of DD102, Helen Clough, Learning and Teaching Librarian, and Jacqueline Baxter talks to three students about their hot tips for preparing for EMAs and exams. Select...
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...to romanticism, c. 1780–1830. Produced by the BBC on behalf of the Open University © The Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ ......
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit

...intense ethnographic research in divided neighbourhoods; while We Are The 48 and local pro-Europe groups offer alternative identifications. Such groups offer resources for engaging with a post-Brexit world, of renewing our ‘openness’ mission while – of course – holding on to our distinctive strengths in conducting rigorous research and first-rate analysis....
World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

World must avert flood of climate refugees - Climate News Network

...resource wars and huge movements of desperate people unless it tackles climate change effectively. Lord Ashdown, who was leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats for 11 years, describes the present flight of refugees from Syria and other conflict areas as a “rehearsal” for the vast humanitarian disaster he believes will soon unfold. In a recent BBC interview on the...
Introduction to making political and social change
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to making political and social change

...resources are a great place to start: The Open University’s Changemakers: A Guide to Making Political and Social Change – a handy PDF guide to making change, focused on the UK Parliament. The Open University Wales Active Citizenship Hub, a collection of free resources to help promote active citizenship in Wales. UK Parliament Week: sign up and join in, plus discover...
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...resources. This information gap may have a role in explaining the apparent shortfall in reported thorium reserves. Thorium is termed a ‘fertile’ nuclear fuel; that is, fissile material must be created in order for fission to occur. Furthermore, unlike uranium, thorium essentially occurs naturally in only one isotopic form (thorium-232). More than 99.99% of naturally...