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Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War

...economic terms and trade terms within 10 or 15 years. You have the foreign secretary, Gottlieb von Jagow, spending a whole night in tears confessing that he’d made a terrible mistake by supporting this policy; you’ve got Prince Lichnowsky, the German ambassador, who’s the only one in the German leadership who knows what’s going on, who actually tries to try to...
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Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...economic life in the form of cartoons, using humour to make a serious point (see Map 4 below). [Map 4] Map 4 America's world: cover illustration from The Economist, 23–29 October, 1990 Another example using humour can be seen in Map 5 (below). In England, the Doncaster and District Development Council published Ye Newe Map of Britain [see Map 5], as a way of drawing...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...economic growth. And you could say that. And it's like, most people think, yeah, that kind of makes sense. But now it's so obvious that that model will kill the planet. It's like, you can't get away with that anymore. We just have to do it in the right way. We don't put it off anymore. We've kind of put love and caring and religious values to one side. They're a matter of...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
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Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...economic motive lurking behind racist constructions. It is important to be aware that people do divide human beings according to race in order to further their own political and economic goals – this is racism in action. Finally, it is important to acknowledge that saying race is constructed – and that its meaning floats – does not mean that it is not real. It...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...economic status (OECD, 2021). Research has found that reading to 4–5-year-olds regularly to help develop a love of reading early, leads to higher levels of attainment in reading, mathematics and cognitive skills by the age 8–9 (Kalb and van Ours, 2013). The educational benefits of children Reading for Pleasure therefore seem abundantly clear. However, in the next...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...economic backgrounds, and would like the opportunity to gain a qualification alongside employment.’ At a roundtable sponsored by the Open University and the HRDIRECTOR (HRD) publication (HRD, 2021), a range of employers explored diversity in apprenticeships. They agreed that apprenticeships were a good way to hire individuals from different backgrounds, but that more...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Eutrophication
Nature & Environment

Eutrophication

...economic way. Threshold concentrations at which action is taken to reduce nutrient loadings thus depend on economic factors, as well as wildlife conservation objectives. There are two possible approaches to reducing eutrophication: Reduce the source of nutrients (e.g. by phosphate stripping at sewage treatment works, reducing fertilizer inputs, introducing buffer strips...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...economic, political and ethical changes brought about by information technology will affect every one of us. You may be wondering what digitial technology is and just what is meant by having a digital life. A fundamental idea is that digital technology is any technology based on representing data as sequences of numbers. Computers use digital technologies; so the for...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs