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Society, Politics & Law
Future of Empowerment
This documentary looks at the future of empowerment – specifically at the ways new technologies can be used to empower people to transform their lives, the economy and the world around them.
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Money & Business
Can the Economy be Irish?
Dr Leslie Budd considers the impact of Brexit following the EU Referendum and questions whether the economy can be Irish as a de-globalising project.
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Money & Business
Was British business always planning for Brexit?
Although businesses made - largely - pro-remain statements during the referendum, their strategies suggest they were expecting to leave, says new research.
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Money & Business
Is Huawei's low-key approach the secret of its success?
A visit to the Huawei campus finds a company open to naps in the office but against bombast. It's a formula that appears to be working.
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Money & Business
Banks as utilities and the future of payments
In a wide-ranging discussion, Ecobank's Edward George shares his personal views about the future of banks, and digital strategy across African markets.
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Digital & Computing
A taste of digital management from OpenLearn
Interested in business management, technology management or computing and IT? You're in the right place - here's just a taste of materials you can explore here, now, for free on OpenLearn.
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Money & Business
Why is the iPhone X a thousand-dollar gamble?
As it launches a new model, Apple is hoping that its brand will persuade enough people to dig deep into their pockets. Loizos Heracleous explores Apple's thinking.
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Money & Business
Have vanishing debt costs created a magic money tree?
During the recent election campaign, the Tories insisted there was no such thing as a magic money tree. But, as Alan Shipman explains, low bond yields might be the next best thing.
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Society, Politics & Law
How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
As Houston continues to experience overwhelming flooding after Hurricane Harvey, lessons from Japan's tsunami of 2011 show the value of social networks in getting back towards normal. Danile P Aldrich explains.
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Money & Business
Has footballer price inflation run out of control in the Premier League?
The English Premier League is starting to suffer financial strains familiar in Mugabe's Zimbabwe. As the transfer window prepares to slam shut, Josh McLeod explains why men's football might be heading for a period of price stagnation.
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Society, Politics & Law
Seeing institutions in different ways
To help you to understand the complexity of institutional development, this free course, Seeing institutions in different ways, will present institutions in three key ways: as rules and norms, as meanings and values and as big players. The rules govern social life and the norms establish how people should behave, while institutional development ...
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Nature & Environment
I Bought A Rainforest - Episode 2
Torn between his love of the forest and a growing awareness of how hard life can be, Charlie's loyalties are dramatically split. In our video clips, Charlie discovers the perils of illegal gold mining, and introduces his wife to some giant otters.