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Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Politics

...course team member Andy Dobson explains why these topics were chosen for this course, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. The material forms part of the course DD203 Politics... Politics A short introduction to this album. GM: The UK debate An introduction to the UK government's handling of the GM debate and a look at the economic review carried out as part of the...
Audio 1 hr 19 mins
Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish
Languages

Viento en popa: upper intermediate Spanish

...course in the University’s Diploma in Spanish. It extends the language skills developed in previous intermediate and introductory courses and includes a compulsory residential school in Spain. The themes of the course range from talking about the past to urbanism. The course is lively and varied, with a wide range of authentic mixed-media material from Spain and Latin...
Questions in science
Science, Maths & Technology

Questions in science

...courses are for you. There are three short taster courses in the disciplines of chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science and ethics in science for you to study. It does not matter which order you study the different taster courses in. This suite of courses consists of 3 different blocks of study, each of which should take you about 3 hours. The blocks have been...
Privatising Thames Water
Money & Business

Privatising Thames Water

...German utilities firm RWE purchased Thames Water, only for a Macquarie Bank-led investment consortium to take over ownership, in 2006. In that same year, the financialisation of Thames Water began.... Financialisation, as practiced by a corporation, describes a process in which making profits from financial instruments,such as the selling of bonds,grows more influential...
Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...courses, podcasts and games to help you get involved with the voluntary sector and helping others. What's more, The Open University also co-producied a TV series with the BBC on the subject of intergenerational volunteering - Old School with the Hairy Bikers. Choose from the points below and get stuck in: Learn more about the voluntary sector with our free course where...
Learn with Start Up Loans
Money & Business

Learn with Start Up Loans

...courses and qualifications [British Business Bank logo] Start Up Loans is committed to helping UK business owners realise their business dreams. Whether that’s making a business idea a reality, or helping new businesses to grow, through funding, mentoring and support, we’re here to help UK businesses get off the ground. With the experts at The Open University, we’ve...
How international is management education?
Money & Business

How international is management education?

...course perceived various features of the course-learning design and whether international perspectives were built into their learning experiences. The focus of the study was on cross-cultural differences across groups of learners in the United Kingdom, in other European countries, and in Russia and studying the course in different languages. Using a mixed-method approach,...
How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...German occupation to survive. Her husband had a Wikipedia page – and I found a photo of her and him, where he was named and she wasn’t. (Here’s her new Wikipedia page – and it could use photos too. If you’re inspired, contact her and/or the Karolinska Institute!) If you’ve got the urge to follow suit, there’s another woman on the immunology timeline who...