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What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

What's next for British wages?

...OU/BBC programme Can Britain Have a Payrise? highlights, the issue of low wages is not going away anytime soon. Indeed, it is a serious problem that British policymakers will have to take on regardless of party or ideology. However, the best way forward remains a matter of serious political debate. There remains much ambiguity as to how this issue should be properly...
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Article 5 mins
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...become part of the background of our lives, until today when it is extremely unusual to find someone who has neither a home telephone nor a mobile phone. Just as the telephone changed from a status symbol to become simply another piece of the modern world, so the computer has made a similar transition...Introducing computing and IT: 1.2 The computer - There were very few...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Graham Harvey on Davi Kopenawa at Oxford University
History & The Arts

Graham Harvey on Davi Kopenawa at Oxford University

...student union. We met at the Maison Française d’Oxford to discuss “art, science and diplomacy for a plural world on a challenged planet”. Like most of the audience, the panellists were most eager to hear what the shaman, Indigenous diplomat and scholar, Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, had to say. Davi Kopenawa is a co-author (with Bruce Albert) of The Falling Sky (2013)...
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Article 5 mins
Rastafari in Israel
History & The Arts

Rastafari in Israel

...student in Religious Studies at The Open University, explains her research on diasporic and transnational contexts of Rastafari in this article...My doctoral research focuses on diasporic and transnational contexts of Rastafari. I am interested in de-essentialising Rastafari, and over the next year or so I will be conducting fieldwork in Rome and London with different...
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Article 10 mins
En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
Languages

En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...student. He talks about what he likes to do. Making suggestions and plans and responding to them We’re going to listen to two conversations where two women are making plans. What will they do? When? Who are they going with? The future We’re going to listen to Paloma, a woman from Spain, talking about her holiday plans. She is planning to go on two breaks. Where is she...
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Audio 35 mins
DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...OU's programme website for Rough Science 1...Experiments with natural dyes The range of dye colours that can be obtained from nature is remarkably wide. However, many natural fibres like cotton and wool won't accept a dye without being treated with chemicals called mordants (from the Latin mordere meaning to bite). Mordants and modifiers Mordants are usually more...
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Article 15 mins
What does Marine LePen plan for France?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...students admitted to study medicine will be increased “to avoid the massive recruitment of foreign doctors”. Le Pen will outlaw surrogacy and same-sex marriages will be abolished (although this will not be retroactive). There is no mention, however, of reforming the law on abortion. French pride To restore French prestige, the military will take on 50,000 new recruits...
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to the calculus of variations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to the calculus of variations

...students in printed books, with PDFs of the same online. This format ensures that mathematical notation is presented accurately and clearly. The PDF of this extract thus shows the content exactly as it would be seen by an Open University student. However, the extract isn't entirely representative of the module materials, because there are no explicit references to use of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs