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Goodbye Nelson Mandela

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Updated 06 Dec 2013
As the world prepares to say goodbye to this revolutionary man, we take a look at an extraordinary life: from playing football in prison to shaping...
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Project COBRA: community-owned solutions

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 28 Nov 2013
By Dr Celine Tschirhart, Dr Jay Mistry, Dr Andrea Berardi
Local communities have the capacity to identify their own "best practices" and share them with others.
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The Atom Bomb in popular culture

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Updated 28 Nov 2013
By The iTunes U team
German surrender brought the Second World War in Europe to and end. But all feared that war with Japan would drag on and on. Behind the scenes, the...
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Finding information in Society

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Finding information in Society Copyrighted image Credit: Used with permission Updated content
Introductory Level Duration 9 hours Updated 26 Nov 2013
By The Open University
This unit will help you to identify and use information in Society, whether for your work, study or personal purposes. Experiment with some of the...
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A Europe of the Regions?

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Intermediate Level Duration 8 hours Updated 17 Oct 2013
By The Open University
What role will the ‘regions’ play in the emerging governance structures of the European Union? This unit examines the rise of the regions and...
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The politics of devolution

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Intermediate Level Duration 8 hours Updated 17 Oct 2013
By The Open University
This unit, which contains material from the current Open University second level Politics course DD203 Power, Equality and Dissent, is pitched at...
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Introduction to financial services

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Introduction to financial services Copyrighted image Credit: The Open University / Karen Parker
Introductory Level Duration 100 hours Updated 30 Apr 2013 Register by 24 Jul 2013
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Explore the historical development of financial services in the UK and examine how the sector is currently structured and regulated.This course is...
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Personal investment in an uncertain world

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Personal investment in an uncertain world Copyrighted image Credit: The Open University / Karen Parker
Intermediate Level Duration 300 hours Updated 14 Apr 2013 Register by 09 Apr 2014
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Explores some of the concepts that underpin investment planning and examines how investment planning decisions are affected by economic uncertainty...
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Running the economy

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Running the economy Copyrighted image Credit: The Open University / Karen Parker
Intermediate Level Duration 600 hours Updated 27 Mar 2013 Register by 04 Sep 2013
By The Open University
Learn how to think like an economist and understand the problems of running the national and global economy after the outbreak of a major economic...
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