<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><channel><atom:link href="http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/rss.ashx" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Nottingham U-Now</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk</link><description>U-Now is the University of Nottingham's formal open courseware initiative.</description><dc:date>2013-06-19</dc:date><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><copyright><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></copyright><item><category>UNow</category><title>Challenging reality</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=110990ad-ee89-df24-85e7-92ba668e561b</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:42:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=110990ad-ee89-df24-85e7-92ba668e561b</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>video/mpeg</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[A behind the scenes interview with Professor Christopher Barnatt, Director and Producer of a new TV documentary on what we perceive to be real, and what, if any, future lies ahead for us. 

The TV documentary was televised in April 2009 and was based on a book written by Professor Christopher Barnatt in 1997, also entitled Challenging Reality, which focused on momentus change across history. The new television series developed this theme further, with input from numerous other experts at the University of Nottingham, across three episodes looking at human achievement, geography and communications and the individual and their role in society.

April 2009

Suitable for Undergraduate study and community education

Professor Christopher Barnatt, Associate Professor Business School and Director Producer of "Challenging Reality"

Professor Christopher Barnatt has worked in the Business School at the University of Nottingham for around 19 years, where he is now Director of Teaching. Outside of that role he teaches computing and technology modules, mainly on undergraduate programmes. He is currently researching in the areas of Future Studies, Web 2.0, and green computing, and is actively involved in research, online teaching support and development in a variety of media termed as "Higher Education 2.0".

Outside of the University he is the author of ExplainingComputers.com and ExplainingTheFuture.com, as well as a regular contributor to the Morning Show on BBC Radio Nottingham and "The Night Before" on Kerrang! Radio.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[A behind the scenes interview with Professor Christopher Barnatt, Director and Producer of a new TV documentary on what we perceive to be real, and what, if any, future lies ahead for us. 

The TV documentary was televised in April 2009 and was based on a book written by Professor Christopher Barnatt in 1997, also entitled Challenging Reality, which focused on momentus change across history. The new television series developed this theme further, with input from numerous other experts at the University of Nottingham, across three episodes looking at human achievement, geography and communications and the individual and their role in society.

April 2009

Suitable for Undergraduate study and community education

Professor Christopher Barnatt, Associate Professor Business School and Director Producer of "Challenging Reality"

Professor Christopher Barnatt has worked in the Business School at the University of Nottingham for around 19 years, where he is now Director of Teaching. Outside of that role he teaches computing and technology modules, mainly on undergraduate programmes. He is currently researching in the areas of Future Studies, Web 2.0, and green computing, and is actively involved in research, online teaching support and development in a variety of media termed as "Higher Education 2.0".

Outside of the University he is the author of ExplainingComputers.com and ExplainingTheFuture.com, as well as a regular contributor to the Morning Show on BBC Radio Nottingham and "The Night Before" on Kerrang! Radio.]]></description><dc:date>2010-06-08</dc:date><dc:title>Challenging reality</dc:title><dc:creator>Barnatt C. J.:Associate Professor</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>Change</dc:subject><dc:subject>Change across history</dc:subject><dc:subject>Historical Change</dc:subject><dc:subject>Change Management</dc:subject><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Conservation and biodiversity</title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=c88e6f65-93ac-37fc-3c83-13cf2a752cac</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:53:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=c88e6f65-93ac-37fc-3c83-13cf2a752cac</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type><dc:format>audio/mpeg</dc:format><dc:format>audio/x-mp3</dc:format><dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[Dr. Richard Field research interests lie in conservation, biodiversity and the forces that structure ecological communities.

In this podcast, Dr Field from the School of Geography compares and contrasts his experiences as a researcher in national parks in Honduras and Indonesia, and the different types of ecological communities he has studied, and goes on to introduce the emerging field of conservation bio-geography.]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[Dr. Richard Field research interests lie in conservation, biodiversity and the forces that structure ecological communities.

In this podcast, Dr Field from the School of Geography compares and contrasts his experiences as a researcher in national parks in Honduras and Indonesia, and the different types of ecological communities he has studied, and goes on to introduce the emerging field of conservation bio-geography.]]></description><dc:date>2007-07-25</dc:date><dc:title>Conservation and biodiversity</dc:title><dc:creator>Field Richard Dr</dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject></item><item><category>UNow</category><title>Sustainability: the geography perspective </title><link>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=6b51401f-d00f-c72b-fad6-319393a548ca</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:10:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink='true'>http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.aspx?hid=6b51401f-d00f-c72b-fad6-319393a548ca</guid><dc:contributor>University Of Nottingham</dc:contributor><dc:type>Course</dc:type>text/html<dc:language>en-gb</dc:language><dc:relation></dc:relation><dc:rights><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></dc:rights><cc:license><![CDATA[Except for third party materials (materials owned by someone other than The University of Nottingham) and where otherwise indicated, the copyright in the content provided in this resource is owned by The University of Nottingham and licensed under a <a target="blank" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike UK 2.0 Licence (BY-NC-SA)</a>]]></cc:license><dc:description><![CDATA[This module considers sustainability with respect to water, food, agriculture, forestry and energy. For each of these elements of sustainability, the module illustrates why their sustainable management is important, given that we are living within finite environmental limits. A novel aspect of the module is that in most sessions you update your own personal blog (or offline document), which can be used to provide a record of your opinions on sustainability, details on your awareness of sustainability, and specific examples of sustainability. The module is assessed by means of producing and presenting a poster at an internal “Sustainability Conference”.

Dr Simon Gosling, University of Nottingham.

My main interests are in understanding the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems, and bridging the boundary between physical science and impact and policy-related areas.

Much of my current research investigates the potential impact of climate change on global- and catchment-scale hydrology and water resources. I am interested in understanding how average conditions and extremes (floods and droughts) might be affected by climate change. I apply a variety of climate and hydrological numerical models to achieve this. I also have strong interests in modeling the relationship between climate and human health; specifically, on the association between extreme temperature events (heat waves and cold snaps) and temperature-related mortality.




]]></dc:description><description><![CDATA[This module considers sustainability with respect to water, food, agriculture, forestry and energy. For each of these elements of sustainability, the module illustrates why their sustainable management is important, given that we are living within finite environmental limits. A novel aspect of the module is that in most sessions you update your own personal blog (or offline document), which can be used to provide a record of your opinions on sustainability, details on your awareness of sustainability, and specific examples of sustainability. The module is assessed by means of producing and presenting a poster at an internal “Sustainability Conference”.

Dr Simon Gosling, University of Nottingham.

My main interests are in understanding the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems, and bridging the boundary between physical science and impact and policy-related areas.

Much of my current research investigates the potential impact of climate change on global- and catchment-scale hydrology and water resources. I am interested in understanding how average conditions and extremes (floods and droughts) might be affected by climate change. I apply a variety of climate and hydrological numerical models to achieve this. I also have strong interests in modeling the relationship between climate and human health; specifically, on the association between extreme temperature events (heat waves and cold snaps) and temperature-related mortality.




]]></description><dc:date>2012-08-09</dc:date><dc:title>Sustainability: the geography perspective </dc:title><dc:creator>Gosling Simon Dr </dc:creator><dc:publisher>University of Nottingham</dc:publisher><dc:subject>UKOER</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sustainability</dc:subject><dc:subject>Geography</dc:subject><dc:subject>Nottingham</dc:subject></item></channel></rss>