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Video lecture from a series on Internet Applications delivered by Graham Mansfield. Running time approximately 40 minutes.
Introduction Through a series of activities and practical examples, this unit provides a broad overview of the field of accounting, including: its origins and objectives, the nature of accounting information and accounting information systems, and accountancy’s role in helping organisations meet their objectives. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from Certificate in accounting (B680) which is no longer taught by The Open University. If you want to study formally w
Why government guarantees are a double-edged sword Is IT your Achilles' heel? Marketing and neuroscience Power and the illusion of control Episode 56: Farewell To Dialysis? Associate Professor Darren Kelly discusses his research into antifibrotic agents and how they may herald the end of conventional dialysis treatment. With host Dr Shane Huntington. Darren Kelly - Next steps After completing this unit you may wish to study another OpenLearn Study Unit or find out more about this topic. Here are some suggestions: References Rescue Robot - Warwick Mobile Robotics The history of working men's clubs Cholesterol busting statins and blood pressure Mental Health In-patient Care Building a sustainable response to Islamic extremism in Europe and beyond. Knowledge-sharing Networks and Community of Practice Research Phase I - Dr Richard McDermott Knowledge-sharing Networks and Community of Practice Research Phase I I - Professor Harry Scarbrough Relationships and the Internet Using the Web to do Social Science Facebook: The Strength of Weak Ties Gold Colloids
Professor Julian Franks looks at why banks were so highly levered prior to and even during the crisis. His recent research with Professor Viral Acharya discusses the impact government guarantees have had on bank debt.
Bruce Weber, Professor of Information Management discusses his research into company IT systems and the effect they have on internal financial control and the importance for corporate governance.
Tim Ambler discusses the benefits and pitfalls for marketers of using neuroscience research to understand how the mind works and how companies can take advantage of it
Niro Sivanathan's latest research investigates why power creates the illusion of control over uncontrollable situations, perhaps leading to some of the risky decisions that contributed to the global financial crisis
Students from Warwick's MEng engineering courses talk about the Warwick Mobile Robotics project and their research on robots for hazardous environments.
At the height of their popularity there were more than 4,000 working men's clubs across the UK.
Now there are just over half that number.
Dr Ruth Cherrington, lecturer in cultural studies, talks about her research into how the club movement started and why it has declined.
Professor Franco Cappuccio from Warwick Medical School talks about his recent research into the effects of cholesterol busting statins on blood pressure.
Length: 27 minutes
Professor Scott Weich talks about recent research into mental health in-patient care
How can we resolve the tensions between the different communities in Europe in the light of the growing threat from Islamic extremists, sometimes dubbed the 'Enemy Within'?
Hisham Hellyer is a policy analyst, academic and commentator, based at the University of Warwick as an Associate Fellow, the American University in Cairo as a Visiting Professor and Trinity College in Dublin as a Senior Research Fellow. His research interests include European Muslim communities, the interplay between Islam a
Dr Richard McDermott talks about the research programme examining networks and communities of practice
Professor Harry Scarbrough continues discussion about the research programme examining networks and communities of practice
This forum looks at the state of the art of academic research on relationships and the Internet and how this research informs research on the social aspects of the Internet in general, such as issues of trust and identity. Research on the role of the Internet in meeting new people is an increasingly vital area of inquiry, and is illustrated by a burgeoning literature on such topics as online dating. However, the Internet may shape many other aspects of relationships beyond introducing individual
Duncan Watts discusses how the Internet is beginning to lift a long-time constraint of social science research on emergent collective behaviour: the difficulty of measuring interactions between people, at scale, over time, while also observing behaviour Social science is often concerned with the emergence of collective behavior out of the interactions of large numbers of individuals; but in this regard it has long suffered from a severe measurement problem - namely that interactions between peop
Veronica Sartore interviews Dr Bernie Hogan about his research on the social networking site Facebook, differences between online and offline relationships, how personal boundaries are regulated and the strength of weak ties.
A short film on Gold Colloids from undergraduate chemistry students at the University of Warwick.
