Re-engineering the Economy for Real People [Audio]
Speaker(s): Samantha Heath | In the face of current economic and climatic challenges, decarbonising the economy sometimes amounts to little more than tweaking the supply chain. Samantha Heath will pose the questions that Londoners need to consider before we can transform our behaviour to produce an economy suitable for real people. Samantha Heath is director of London Sustainability Exchange, a member and former co-chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission, and a member of the Londo
The Wisdom of Bees [Audio]
Speaker(s): Dr Michael O'Malley | When Michael O'Malley first took up beekeeping he thought it would be a nice hobby to share with his son. But he noticed that bees not only work together to achieve a common goal but, in the process, create a remarkably productive organisation. O'Malley's new book The Wisdom of Bees shows what bees can teach managers and provides insight into decision-making, communication and forward planning. This event celebrates the publication of Michael O'Malleys new book
The Net Delusion: Does free information mean free people? [Audio]
Speaker(s): Evgeny Morozov | At the start of the twenty-first century we were promised that the internet would liberate the world. We could come together as never before, and from Iran's 'twitter revolution' to Facebook 'activism', technological innovation would spread democracy to oppressed peoples everywhere. We couldn't have been more wrong. Morozov destroys this myth, arguing that 'internet freedom' is an illusion, and that technology has failed to help protect people's rights. Not only tha
How the West Was Lost: fifty years of economic folly and the stark choices ahead [Audio]
Speaker(s): Dambisa Moyo | This event celebrates the publication of Dambisa Moyo's new book How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead. Dambisa Moyo is an international economist who writes on the macroeconomy and global affairs. She is the author of critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working.
Italy 150 Years On: Was Unification a Mistake? [Audio]
Speaker(s): David Gilmour, Marco Simoni | Italy today has the seventh largest economy in the world. Yet despite its economic and cultural riches, it has never achieved a successful political system. Does the blame lie with its founders? Was Italy predestined to be a failed nation state? David Gilmour, the author of The Pursuit of Italy, is a much-admired historian whose books include three prize-winning biographies, The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Curzon and The Long Recession
Armstrong Experience: Jessica Anderson
Armstrong Experience: Jessica Anderson
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Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This unit focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of design. The unit is derived from the Open University course T211 on Design and Designing, but as well as stimulating interest in areas of concern for producers of design it might also provide an introduction to engineering, ma
ISS Update - June 29, 2011
The International Space Station video update for June 29, 2011.
Book Reviews
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REALISE project - final case study
REALISE project - final case study
Medtronic Lecture 2011
'Model Based Strategies for Biomedical Image Analysis'. The 2011 Medtronic Lecture, given at the Engineering department, University of Oxford. Presented by Professor James Duncan PhD
Lees- en schrijfoefening: Outplacement
Na dit hoofdstuk kan je een schriftelijk overzicht geven van hoe bedrijven ontslagen medewerkers kunnen opvangen.
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Children's programs of the early days
At the completion of this lesson you will be able to answer questions about the first memories of the television. You will look at a number of audio segments that look back on the youth and child programs of the early days.
Verzamelsite binnenklasdifferentiatie zesde leerjaar Dit is een verzamelsite met allerlei interessante sites, filmpjes, links, online-oefeningen die gehanteerd werden als middel tot binnenklasdifferentiatie in L6.
Great Zoom out of Beltsville, MD: Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves fl
Hinduism Faith Guide
Hinduism Faith Guide
STS-135 Daily Mission Recap - Flight Day 4
A video recap of flight day 4 of the STS-135 mission of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station.
VUSSC/Content/Entrepreneurship/Planning for the Business/Legal requirements for your type of busines "After reading this subsection, you will discuss the rules and regulations to be followed in setting up a business, understand the required procedures for naming a business understand issues regarding trade marks and service marks "
VUSSC/Content/Entrepreneurship/Planning for the Business/Supply and Demand "This resource helps learners determine who are supplying ""your product"" or similar products, assess if there is a demand for your product, and establish your target market "
