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Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?

...OU's Edward Wastnidge hails Obama's achievements in shifting US-Iranian relations - but warns they might not hold...[Barack Obama at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park] When Barack Obama became US president, his principal foreign policy was clear: to maintain the US’s global leadership role while simultaneously scaling back on the interventionist excesses of George W. Bush. And...
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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

...becoming consumers in their own right, suggesting that they are being 'prematurely sexualised' by the 'inappropriate' sexual connotations of the products they, or their parents, are buying (of course we're really talking about girls and mothers here, since the debate is highly gendered).Want to know more about childhood? There's an OU course on that... Campaigners and...
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The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth
Society, Politics & Law

The Peace Dividend: why Good Friday Agreement matters to us and Earth

...OU collection exploring why Good Friday Agreement matters 25 yars on This arcicle is part of "A Peace of Us", our special collection of resources exploring why the Good Friday Agreement is relevant to our lives 25 years since its signing. The Peace Dividend - and its interpretations 2023 will bring much political reflection to the North of Ireland. It is easy in this 25th...
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Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration
Science, Maths & Technology

Supporting sustainable and responsible space exploration

...become closely associated with the death of olive trees. Planetary protection is the discipline of promoting the sustainable and responsible exploration of space by tackling the potential transfer of biological matter to and from Earth and other objects in the Solar System. Although conditions on other planets and bodies in space look inhospitable, ingredients that could...
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A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...OU’s specific expertise in teaching practice and pedagogy has been utilized to provide training for teachers in various topics including dyslexia and language learning, listening skills, and teaching translation. A library of free open educational resources (OER) is available through the OpenLearnWorks project website offering language teachers the possibility to...
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Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...students in the language laboratory, as she engaged with an online task, started talking aloud to herself, even gesturing to the computer screen. I was fascinated. And I wanted to find out more about it. I wanted to know why people talk aloud to themselves. Dumbledore’s ensuing words may shed some light: Albus Dumbledore: Have you been whispering to you yourself, Draco?...
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What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...become climate change aware in recent years. Accordingly, we have also become aware that our choice of travel, our diet, the things we wear and how we heat our homes all have a climate impact. This impact has become known as a ‘carbon footprint’ and represents the amount of carbon dioxide that our activities or choices have contributed to the atmosphere. Strictly...
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How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?
Digital & Computing

How is the internet helping ensure parliamentary accountability in Bangladesh?

...becoming aware of the electorate and active on social media, becoming inspired by this website. Saber Hossain Chowdhury MP tweeted: @amarmpbd @sajeebwazed @albd1971 @zapalak MPs being connected digitally should be the norm, not the exception these days. — Saber H Chowdhury MP (@saberhc) November 25, 2016 The website has called for applications from volunteers to become...
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