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Nature & Environment
What impact does your pet's food have on the environment?
Producing food for our four-legged friends comes with a massive environmental costs, explains Cailin Heinze.
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Money & Business
Learning for organizational development
A new book to help learning and development professionals develop skills in designing and delivering effective people development.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?
A new generation of robots could be expanding their career options - and that could be catastrophic news for the poorest in the world, says Aisling Irwin.
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Money & Business
Relationships at work
There remains serious controversy over whether one should form relationships at work. Peter Bloom explains.
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Money & Business
Care for the elderly
Peter Bloom looks at the main contemporary challenges for elderly care.
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Money & Business
Negotiating trade deals
Peter Bloom tells us how negotiation of trade deals between nations and regions remain a crucial part of contemporary economics and politics.
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Money & Business
Diversity, migrant entrepreneurship and socio-economic inclusion
Studies of inclusion and diversity in the workplace have become more important than ever.
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Society, Politics & Law
What is National Insurance and what is it used for?
Before Phillip Hammond backed down on his plans to change National Insurance rates for the self-employed, the OU's Jonquil Lowe explored why the proposals had proved so controversial.
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Money & Business
Has Donald Trump improved the US economy in fifty days?
Donald Trump is proudly acclaiming his great economic data. But is he actually enjoying a boom handed to him by President Obama? Gabriella Legrenzi considers the evidence.
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Money & Business
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Academics from around the UK share their first impressions of Philip Hammond's first budget.
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Money & Business
What would happen to the economy if we all stopped drinking?
If alcohol became so expensive consumption plummeted, would that be a bad thing for the economy? Not in the view of Aveek Bhattacharya from the Institute of Alcohol Studies.
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Science, Maths & Technology
The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo
Nintendo's new console, the Switch, makes perfect sense in light of the company's history, says Brendan Cassidy.