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Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits
Money & Business

Beyond power and resistance: Politics at the radical limits

...become incorporated and neutered before it achieves its aims, as new forms of power absorb it and turn it towards their own ends. Since the Enlightenment, the opposing forces of power and resistance have framed our view of society and politics. Exploring that development, this book shows how resistance can, ironically, reinforce existing status quos and fundamentally...
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Writing family history
History & The Arts

Writing family history

...becomes paramount. Many pitfalls await interviewers, as well as the pleasure of getting it right. William Taylor interview: part one To demonstrate interviewing technique and responses, this track makes use of an interview with William Taylor, born in 1919. William Taylor interview: part two In the second part of his interview, William Taylor recalls the various changes...
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Exploring Law
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring Law

...become of such interest to the public? These are just some of the topics covered in this fascinating compilation of discussions of law by Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times... Newsworthy Lawyers Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss opening up the legal...
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Supply chains: the supermarket
Science, Maths & Technology

Supply chains: the supermarket

...become an international player in markets such as South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. The company gains global reach by forming strategic partnerships and adapting to distinct cultural traditions and preferences. Examples from Korea, Hungary and Thailand illustrate how the management and impact of supply chains presents fundamental organisational challenges. This material...
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Audio 1 hr 14 mins
Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...student or an employee, it is the latter activity that is central to much systems work. But there is also a subsidiary reason I hinted at. Authors also use diagrams: to decorate and enhance the text to make it more pleasing to read...Systems diagramming: 3.4 Thinking through diagrams - One of the features that characterises complex situations is the interconnectedness of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...student will study things like the National Health Service, how it’s developed, how it’s changed, how it operates. They will study education systems, the role of education for school children, and then how education is taken forward into later life, what they call these days lifelong learning, increasingly important to recognize that education isn’t just something...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...become worse if we ‘open’ the country too soon. I am not sure how this can be controlled. It seems that ignorance is everywhere, and it is especially hard to fight ignorance if political leaders agree with it. Kaustubh: There has also been substantial criticism of the official reporting of numbers in various countries. For example, in the UK the official figures only...
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