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I Bought A Rainforest - Episode 2
Nature & Environment

I Bought A Rainforest - Episode 2

...education. Torn between his love of the forest and a growing awareness of how hard life can be, Charlie's loyalties are dramatically split. But logging is not the only threat to the Peruvian Amazon. Its rivers are being poisoned by illegal gold miners who use mercury to help them extract the gold. Charlie decides to go to the source of the problem and meets Erazmo, a mine...
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Video 10 mins
An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...one H Summary We hope the short videos have been a useful resource and inspire you to go on and learn more. Additional resources and acknowledgements Action on Hearing Loss More information on British Sign Language Deaf awareness education course on OpenLearn Create Many thanks to Josh Page and Josh Sprules for taking the time to help with the creation of these resources....
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Video 20 mins
World-Changing Women: Murasaki Shikibu
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Murasaki Shikibu

...educated at home and reputedly learned Chinese by listening outside the door while her father taught her brother. She married at about the age of twenty but her husband died soon after, leaving her with a daughter. She then lived quietly for some years. In 1004 Murasaki entered the service of the Empress Akiko, possibly due to her talent for story-writing. No one knows...
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Article 5 mins
Hip Hop and the Institution: Darren Abracadazra
History & The Arts

Hip Hop and the Institution: Darren Abracadazra

...educate, raise and highlight issues that everyone might not be aware of in order to start a dialogue so we can all move forward together. It is said talent borrows while genius steals so I must say my work, X Factor, is both a homage and pastiche inspired by Saul Williams, the American writer, poet, actor and musician. I've blended some of my experiences growing up, my...
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Article 8 mins
Film and society
History & The Arts

Film and society

...technology, but this was mostly limited to the prosperous who could afford it for their home movies - like the predominantly middle-class London Film Society. But other voices did enter the scene such as trade unions in the 30s, with the communist Federation of Workers Film Societies’ attempts to counter the official ideology of the National Government, or the Labour...
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Article 10 mins
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...technology and engineering; health & social care. The course also evaluates three methods for measuring the societal impacts of sustainable innovations. Learners are encouraged to reflect on their own experiences of cases where sustainable innovations drive success or failures in enterprises and how the positive impacts on society can be evaluated and sustained...This...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...education and a strong sense of national identity, and these factors interplay with the social hierarchies of its political and government structures. However, there are common risks and constraining factors beyond the moral economies I have been talking about. Some were perceived by the villagers, others were identified by the research team. Of the projects instigated by...
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Video 15 mins
Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...education and local government, can be used over the next Scottish Parliament to transform Scotland toward a poverty free, much fairer and socially just society. Poverty in Scotland 2016 is published by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland; The Open University in Scotland, Glasgow Caledonian University and the Poverty Alliance, and draws together the...
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Article 5 mins