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Climate Change: Game changer Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image By Oxfam International via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Dr William Brown (The Open University)

12 January 2012

William Brown uses Game Theory to show how the EU has taken on a tougher stance in the Durban climate change negotiations - and for...  Read more : Climate Change: Game changer

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After the towersCopyrighted Image © Aakaashbphoto | Dreamstime.com

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 September 2011

Ten years after the attacks on Washington and New York, do we live in the shadow of the towers?  Read more : After the towers

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Reith Lectures 2011: Reith Responses - Dissent As Vocation Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image lewishamdreamer under CC-BY-NC licence

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University), Professor Michael Saward (The Open University), Rosemary Bechler (Guest)

06 July 2011

In response to the 2011 Reith Lectures, our experts explore the idea of dissent as a calling - and how far new technology has inspired...  Read more : Reith Lectures 2011: Reith Responses - Dissent As Vocation

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A domain of one's own: Will non-Latin web addresses make the internet less Western facing? Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image John Kannenberg under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), George Victor (Guest)

23 June 2011

Egypt was one of the first countries to roll out web URLs which used local characters - an online revolution which coincided with a social...  Read more : A domain of one's own: Will non-Latin web addresses make the internet less Western facing?

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Visible Trade: A UK trade data visualisation tool Featuring: activity, Copyrighted Image The Open University / Shipping containers © Videowokart | Dreamstime.com

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

16 June 2011

Delve into 20 years’ worth of UK export and import data to discover some surprising stories about the UK’s trade relations with the rest of...  Read more : Visible Trade: A UK trade data visualisation tool

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Waste products; wasted time; wasted lives: What does a lack of access to sanitation mean?Pam Furniss

By Pam Furniss (The Open University)

08 June 2011

Over two and half billion people have no access to sanitation - and that means a lot of people being exposed to health risks. What...  Read more : Waste products; wasted time; wasted lives: What does a lack of access to sanitation mean?

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Friendship on- and off-line: Facebook in TrinidadThomaspajot | Dreamstime.com

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Professor David Wall (Guest), Professor Daniel Miller (Guest)

20 April 2011

Daniel Miller's study of  how Facebook is used in Trinidad raises many questions about whether it can be a community - and about privacy.  Read more : Friendship on- and off-line: Facebook in Trinidad

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Hopes of a host nation Sputh Africa Tourist Board / Neil Bradfield

By Professor Kath Woodward (The Open University)

10 June 2010

Kath Woodward explores how the hopes of South Africa will be lifted by the World Cup.  Read more : Hopes of a host nation

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Schooling for displaced childrenCreative Commons Image exlux under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Freda Wolfenden (The Open University)

12 February 2010

Providing quality education for displaced Iraqi and Palestinian children can pose real challenges.  Read more : Schooling for displaced children

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The Syrian schoolsProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

03 February 2010

There are four schools featured in the series. This map will show you where they are in relation to each other, and by clicking on...  Read more : The Syrian schools

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