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Science, Maths & Technology
Could we control our climate?
Climate crisis is one of the grand challenges we face as a society, but it can be hard to approach as a subject. Not only can the science at times seem dauntingly complex, but the solutions are also far from clear. This leaves many people feeling confused, guilty, anxious, angry, or else completely switched off from the subject. This course ...
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Nature & Environment
Wangari Maathai: standing up for women and the environment
Professor Wangari Maathai was an environmentalist and the first female African Nobel Peace Prize winner. Yoseph Araya explores her contribution to the environment and what that meant to be a woman in this field of work.
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Nature & Environment
Rocky relations: Why an isolated rock in the Atlantic is a sought after and contested place
Rockall is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. It lies within the exclusive economic zone of the United Kingdom and is claimed by the UK as its territory. As Dr Gerry Mooney explains, this claim is not recognised by its neighbours.
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Nature & Environment
In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing
Four of the top five UK ports for landed weight are in Scotland. Is there a possibility of an independent Scotland opting to become an EU member re-joining the EUs Common Fisheries Policy?
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Nature & Environment
Brexit and Scotland’s fishing communities
Dr Gerry Mooney looks at the importance of Scotland's fishing industry and how Brexit is leading to an uncertain future.
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Nature & Environment
Ideas about living sustainably
Responding to the climate crisis can feel overwhelming. There are so many things we can do to be greener that it's hard to know where to start.
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Society, Politics & Law
Convoy to Calais
How should we respond to humanitarian crises in other countries? Steve Pile explores the geographies that underlay the 2016 “Convoy to Calais” protest.
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Money & Business
SMEs and Net Zero – challenges and opportunities
How can small and medium-sized enterprises make the radical changes required to tackle the Climate Emergency?
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History & The Arts
The distance between us
Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart on how society ‘helps’ us to rationalise the exploitation of other animals, giving us a ‘license to harm’.
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Nature & Environment
What you need to know about carbon footprints
Jo Hand explores carbon footprints and how we can all make an environmental impact.
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Nature & Environment
Fighting Food Waste
Ann Storr explores simple options to tackle food waste.
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Nature & Environment
Going on a plastic diet
Sisters Against Plastic (Mary and Theresa) are ‘normal people’ who noticed just how much plastic they were using.