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Sustainability
Education & Development

Sustainability

...Manager...I work as a Senior Manager in the Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation team. The reason why I really like YXM130 is the flexibility, allowing you to study what interests you from a wide range of subject areas. I have always been a keen environmentalist and been fortunate to support and work alongside the OU academics who author the Environment...
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Article 5 mins
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...Project reported 2,106 deaths through 19 June; at this time in 2016 the figure was 2,999 – or over three times 2018’s estimated total of 857. This past weekend saw a surge of activity in Spanish waters, which so far this year have seen the arrival of 12,063 men, women and children, reports IOM Madrid’s Ana Dodevska. Spanish arrivals in June are now nearly 4,000, by...
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Article 5 mins
Finite Element Analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Finite Element Analysis

...introduction to Finite Element Analysis... Finite element analysis in Formula 1 A short introduction to this album. This is Formula 1! How final element analysis is used to get maximum performance out of Formula 1 cars, focussing on two components: the wheel hub and the 'tub'. Component function The first step in final element analysis is to understand precisely what a...
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Audio 48 mins
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...Introduction - We have seen that where precipitation reaches the ground, some runs off the surface into streams and rivers and some of it infiltrates, passing through the soil. Water that reaches the water table to become groundwater may eventually re-emerge at the surface as springs where the water table intersects the surface. Almost all streams and rivers have springs...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic

...managers to discuss measures to maintain the safety of both their colleagues and passengers alike. It was often railway workers who were responsible for getting other ‘key’ workers – such as carers, doctors and nurses – to their places of work. Most of the time, their managers were working at home, so they very much relied on their colleagues and union...
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Article 10 mins
EPQs: designing your research question
Education & Development

EPQs: designing your research question

...project. People do an EPQ for all sorts of reasons. Why do you want to do an EPQ?...The Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is an opportunity for you to work independently on a topic that really interests you or that you think is important. It is equivalent to an A-level qualification. These articles are designed to help you if you are enrolled on an EPQ. Why do...
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Article 5 mins
Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland

...project Art has always been a powerful vehicle for social justice and the struggle for abortion rights throughout the island of Ireland was no exception. This beautiful short film depicts the commitment, creativity, colour and emotion that artists brought to the Irish abortion campaigns. Through interviews with the artists themselves, it describes how artists used...
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Video 30 mins
Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...introduction of border controls by EU member states should have no bearing on those crossing borders to seek asylum. Under the 1951 Refugee Convention, set up in response to the tragedy of the Holocaust, member states have an obligation to assess all asylum claims on their territory. Anyone seeking asylum is entitled to do so under international law. But there’s a...
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Article 5 mins