Finding Out

Understanding how we learn is an important part of developing expertise. In this epsiode you will find out how to become expert at something. What it means, How to do it, Why you need to know. Find out, stay curious.

In this episode of Finding Out, we explore innovation and how it contributes to making our lives better. We define and discuss innovation and learn how it has changed our lives and increased well-being since the industrial revolution.

This episode will help you understand energy and its part in consumption. You will learn some interesting facts about energy and our consumption habits. World energy consumption is rising as are costs. There is pressure to act to lower carbon released into the atmosphere along with other greenhouse gases. This has focused attention on what can be done to reduce the impact of climate change. Energy...

This episodes discusses how decisions are made in politics. It is about reason and argument or is it? Why do politicians make decisions the way that they do? We discuss facts, opinions, reason and argument. Many political decisions are economic decisions. Decisions about means to achieve a specific goal.

Finding Out is a podcast for the curious.

Thiis is a special episode for researchers writing articles for publication about their work. In it I explain the process of beginning the task and some of the key steps you have to negotiate. I also offer some practical tips about writing.

Inflation impacts everybody. What is inflation, how is it measured and why is it important? In this episode we find out answers to these questions. Governments use monetary and fiscal policy to influence inflation. They use the word control which sounds more precisie than it is. Consumers suffer when inflation occurs as do producers with regard to input costs. Glossary of Terms: RPI is the retail...

Introducing the podcast for the curious - Finding Out provides informed opinion based on evidence for you to make your own mind up about all things in our everyday lives.

This episode takes a look at what you need to think about to develop your research design for a higher degree thesis. We begin by thinking of a topic we want to research. There a number of steps we follow that include establishing a research aim and specific research questions (RQ’s). The RQ’s emerge from a critical review of relevant literature. In this step we are drawing boundaries around the t...

Reuse, recycle, repurpose is what we need to do when it comes to processing end of life materials.  In this episode of ‘ Finding Out ’ Dr Hines explains the need to reuse, recycle and repurpose waste materials. Finding Out is the podcast for the curious. If you want to know what waste is, how it is measured, processed and what you can do to contribute to reducing your carbon footprint this ep...

The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gave a stark warning that temperatures are rising across the world. The IPCC estimated that if no further action to reduce CO2 was taken temperatures would increase by 1.5 degrees centigrade within 11.5 years. It is regarded by may as the point of no return. Ice caps melt, sea levels rise, the planet gets warmer because of increasing CO2 and other g...

This short podcast tell you what to expect when you listen. Finding Out is something we all engage in. Episodes will discuss different topics of interest in our everyday lives and how we find out.