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Evaluating Animal Breeding Programmes (edX)

Gain insight in how to evaluate a running breeding program, both in terms of genetic progress and genetic diversity, and in how dissemination of genetic progress takes place. Animal breeding, and especially farm animal breeding, has developed into a professional industry with modern technologies, large-scale data collection, and [...]

Sustainable Tourism: Rethinking the future (edX)

Gain the skills and knowledge to rethink current tourism developments and reimagine practices to build alternatives futures. Are you aware of the sheer size and rapid development of tourism? And do you like to engage in meaningful debates about these developments as they appear today and/or tomorrow? If so, [...]

Sustainable Tourism: Society & Environmental Aspects (edX)

Gain the skills and knowledge to drive sustainability in the largest industry worldwide: tourism! Understand the scope next to social and environmental implications of growth in this exciting field of study. Tourism is already one of the world’s largest industries and it's still experiencing incredible growth. Industries of major [...]

The Future of Tourism (edX)

Tourism is changing quickly all around the world. It's important for people like tourism planners, managers, and business owners to be able to handle these changes and adapt to them. As a tourism professional, you are or will be, confronted with gradual and sudden forms of natural, socio-political, and [...]

Tourism and Climate Change (edX)

Join this online course and understand how tourism and climate change are inextricably connected. Strategically position yourself, and your organisation, and address the causes and challenges of climate change that we are facing now and in the future. Climate change, global warming, extreme weather, a rising sea level; we [...]

Drones for Agriculture: Prepare and Design Your Drone (UAV) Mission (edX)

Take a dive and expand your knowledge about drones en drone technology. Learn how to prepare and execute a flight mission with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and how to use, process and understand the collected drone data for your own applications.

Catalytic Conversions for Biobased Chemicals and Products (edX)

Design new (bio)catalytic conversion routes that allow you to use biobased feedstocks to their highest potential as building blocks for chemicals, materials and fuels. Biomass is the only renewable feedstock which contains the carbon atoms needed to make the molecules to create chemicals, materials and fuels. However, the majority [...]

Biorefinery: From Biomass to Building Blocks of Biobased Products (edX)

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Biorefinery: From Biomass to Building Blocks of Biobased Products (edX)
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Learn how to design an effective biorefinery to obtain valuable components from various biobased feedstocks such as plants, organisms and waste streams. The use of fossil resources is a controversial topic and there is much scientific research to argue against their use for energy, chemicals, and in the production [...]

From Fossil Resources to Biomass: A Business and Economics Perspective (edX)

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From Fossil Resources to Biomass: A Business and Economics Perspective (edX)
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Learn about the basic consumer science, business, logistics, supply chain, and economic principles that are essential for a successful transition from fossil resources to renewable biomass resources in a biobased economy. Explore how to create a sustainable future by moving away from dependence on fossil to biomass resources for [...]