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Eighty years on from Huxley's vision, how might a modern Brave New World look? Read more A bold new Brave New World

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Curiosity killed the cat BBC

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University)

22 February 2012

Geoff Andrews responds to Stefan Collini's What are Universities For and warns of the dangers of a 'curiosity-free' education system  Read more : Curiosity killed the cat

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By Professor Engin Isin (The Open University)

15 February 2012

There's a widening gap between those who ignore national borders, and those constrained by them. Engin Isin explains what this might mean.  Read more : Citizens without frontiers

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By The iTunes U team (The Open University), The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

14 February 2012

In this collection of audio and video podcasts, we ask how some couples manage to stay together for years, sometimes forever  Read more : Enduring Love

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By Troy Cooper (The Open University)

08 February 2012

The Faculty of Social Science's Troy Cooper explores how attitudes to obesity in women have changed over the decades  Read more : Obesity over time

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Ken Keir on UK manufacturing Featuring Video Creative Commons Image The Open University

By Ken Keir (Guest), Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

02 February 2012

Honda Executive Vice Director Ken Keir talks the role of government in promoting manufacturing, the impact of environmental demands and the future for making things...  Read more : Ken Keir on UK manufacturing

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Political ordering Free Course External LinkThe Open University

By The LearningSpace team (The Open University)

27 January 2012

This unit asks questions about what states are and how they are involved in the processes of governing and ordering social life. Beginning from an awareness of just how much of everyday life involves the state, to if states have this authority to...  Read more : Political ordering

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By Dr Jovan Byford (The Open University)

25 January 2012

 Why do people believe sometimes outlandish conspiracy theories? You need to look beyond the individual to start to understand, explains Jovan Byford.  Read more : The psychology of conspiracy theories

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Brave New World re-imagined Creative Commons Image By Abode of Chaos via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University)

24 January 2012

80 years since the publication of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World, Geoff Andrews wonders how it might be re-imagined today in the context...  Read more : Brave New World re-imagined

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Keeping Mum: learning how to be a fatherUsed with permission

By Martin Robb (The Open University)

17 January 2012

 The OU's Martin Robb looks at the evolving role of fathers in society  Read more : Keeping Mum: learning how to be a father

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By The iTunes U team (The Open University)

13 January 2012

With ever-increasing divorce rates and relationship break-ups, how do some couples manage to stay together for years, sometimes forever?  Read more :Enduring Love

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