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The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...technological advances and a rapidly changing 21st-century economy. There are some key factors for ‘wage stagnation’ that exist across contexts – including the shift from full employment to employability, the decline of unions and the international ‘race to the bottom’. Lawrence Mishel’s report Causes of Wage Stagnation for the Economic Policy Institute...
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What is forensic science?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is forensic science?

...technology and new experimental approaches. The term forensic comes from the Latin word forensis, which refers to a Roman business place known as the forum. The forum was a busy site where civic meetings were convened and criminal matters were debated. People accused of a crime, and their accuser, would go the forum and their arguments were presented to the judiciary....
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Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are mobile phones increasing health inequality in India?

...technology is actually reducing the discrimination,” he says. NEEDS previously won awards for its mHealth projects. Alain Labrique, founding director of the Johns Hopkins University Global mHealth Initiative, Baltimore, US, says, “There is a lot of data — including our own — showing rapidly decreasing 'digital divides'. Not having a phone is not, in my...
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...technology 6: Make new friends, but don’t forget your old ones [Two female flatmates chatting on the sofa] Make an effort to strike up conversations with other students on your course and to be sociable with your flatmates, but don't forget to check in on friends and family back home. This article explains why friendships are so important... Why friendships are vital to...
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What does climate change mean for Pakistan?
Nature & Environment

What does climate change mean for Pakistan?

...Technology. The study, published this month (June) in Atmospheric Research, shows that Pakistan was hit by 126 heat waves of varying durations over the 1997‒2015 period for an average of seven heat waves per year. This year, at least 65 people have died in the capital Karachi, and temperatures in parts of the country have exceeded 40 degrees Celsius for weeks, reaching...
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Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration
Society, Politics & Law

Using art and creative methods to interrogate identity, citizenship and migration

...education might learn from each other. You will have the opportunity to first explore a number of conversations from OU academics with artists and media practitioners whose work and engaged practice, uses visual, audio, and digital arts, film, photography, theatre and the spoken word. You will then engage with some aspects of public participation during the ‘Who Are...
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Explore OpenLearn from The Open University
Miscellaneous

Explore OpenLearn from The Open University

...our range of Sport and Fitness with The Open University, and discover the flexible way to get the degree you’ve been dreaming of. Do you want to try even more free courses? View our full course catalogue here. We've hundreds to choose from! Let us help you get university-ready Get helpful guidance on taking that move into higher education with the free resources below....
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Where to take your learning next
Education & Development

Where to take your learning next

...educational backgrounds. So, we offer a choice of starting points depending on how confident you are in your study skills. Click here to find out more about the Access modules. Making your learning count YXM130 is our flexible OU level 1 module, which allows you to count previous or current study from OpenLearn, or other types of previous learning towards OU...
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