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Ramadan Mubarak!
History & The Arts

Ramadan Mubarak!

...Studies department offers a course called “Exploring religion: Places, Practices, Texts and Experiences”. In one part of this course we ask students to study a film of a group of Muslim friends discussing Ramadan as they eat together. A significant focus of their conversation is the foods that they associate with Ramadan from their upbringing in different countries...
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Using and managing waste
Science, Maths & Technology

Using and managing waste

...studies were chosen, and Dr Suresh Nesaratnam gives an overview of the academic context in which waste management is studied. The material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Using and managing waste A brief introduction to this album Waste Minimisation Cutting down the amount of waste we create per household is our...
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International Development: microcredit and migration
Science, Maths & Technology

International Development: microcredit and migration

...studies, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice... International development: microcredit and migration Introducing the album's content Small change for a better world Micro-credit unions, how they work and how they are empowering women in Glasgow to start their own small...
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Get started with OpenLearn

...studied anywhere, anytime and completed at your own pace. Whether you’re looking to get promoted at work, support your children with their schoolwork, looking for extra study materials as a student, or simply passionate about a subject, we are open to all. While you can access all OpenLearn material without creating an account, doing so enables you to enrol on courses,...
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Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...skills. The rise in work they bring in certainly do, but tax relief itself does not spur creativity or the desire to create new content. Why Indirect Government Subsidies Are Better Indirect subsidies are essentially efforts like the Young Animator Training Project. They are governments putting money into animation, but rather than attempting to ‘pull’ demand, they...
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A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...study hours expected at a Chinese school. ...This content is associated with The Open University Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [students working at their desks in a Chinese school] Structure of the Chinese education system In China, education is divided into three categories: basic education, higher education, and adult education. By law, each child must have...
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Social media: opportunities, risks and impact
Digital & Computing

Social media: opportunities, risks and impact

Whether you're studying, working, parenting or simply scrolling, social media shapes how we learn, communicate and engage with the world. This collection covers everything from digital literacy and fake news to education, health, politics and online identity.
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Does it snow on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does it snow on Mars?

...study - and photographic evidence - suggests that sometimes it snows on the Red Planet. Dave Rothery explains how...[Frosty Gullies on the Northern Plains of Mars] This image, acquired on April 11, 2015, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows frost in gully alcoves in a crater on the Northern plains....
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