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David Allen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

David Allen - Earth in Vision

...think of at the time where I could get off the internet, and they were incredibly varied in what they have said and done over the twenty years, but they all have fantastic narrative. But if I’m thinking environment now, certainly Decade of Destruction was a very pertinent… I don’t know what it did in terms of the public, but in terms of our industry it was huge,...
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...Think of the computer example from the abuse dominance section, buying a computer also entails an operating system Microsoft Windows or Mac OS. Microsoft has been recently investigated for bundling: buying Office or Microsoft 365 included Teams, therefore taking advantage of their productivity packages popularity to increase its visibility. After the European Commission...
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...think are the core elements of the course's approach to social policy? Esther Saraga Yes I think the most important word that you've used John is approach, and that's the key thing to get hold of with D218, that it's about a particular way of studying social policy. So it isn't about learning lots of facts and figures or about a range of policies and procedures or the way...
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...systems (which can be difficult to assess) and the number of individuals of a particular species or broader group that exist in total...Aquatic mammals: 1.2 The origins of aquatic mammals - Mammals are essentially a terrestrial group of animals: living mammals are descended from shrew-sized ancestors that evolved on land, and most mammals are still land-based animals....
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...think about these questions using concepts and tools from economics. First, after a brief overview of the concept of the industrial revolution, I shall ask whether the rise of IT has significantly affected economic growth, as new technologies did in previous eras. Focusing on the effect of technology on economy-wide growth implies that the perspective is a macroeconomic...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...systems more resilience. If an extreme event occurs, a system with fifty different species may remain stable because while some may fail, others will survive to fill the gaps; whereas a system with just five species will probably be left with holes after an extreme event eliminates two of the species, because there are no others similar enough to replace them. In addition...
Waste management and environmentalism in China
Nature & Environment

Waste management and environmentalism in China

...system, then villagers could drink contaminated water. If they are used for irrigation, then crops could be contaminated. b. The phosphogypsum waste would have to be analysed to determine the separate components in the mixture. Each of these components would have to undergo laboratory tests to determine whether they are taken up by animal tissues and what effect they have...
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...thinking geographically, importantly there’s a lot of emphasis on listening to perspectives from across a range of contexts across the Global South. Although clearly not in the Global South, the International virtual field trip starts in Glasgow, Scotland, at the United Nations COP26 Climate Change Conference. Departing from here, you will then engage with a series of...