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Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage
History & The Arts

Wordsworth, De Quincey and Dove cottage

...Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... Being in the lake district How Wordsworth time in this area influenced his work. Home at Grasmere Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed. Finding Inspiration By dissecting Wordsworth’s manuscripts and Dorothy’s journals we can see what experiences had the biggest impact on...
Understanding Globalisation
Money & Business

Understanding Globalisation

...Open University course B835 The dynamics of strategy... Understanding Globalisation Susan Segal Horn explains why the word ‘Globalisation’ is misused Cultural Homogenisation Susan Segal Horn explains how national cultures are becoming less different Technical developments Technological developments and change operate beyond national borders Is globalisation a good or...
Management in Chinese cultures
Money & Business

Management in Chinese cultures

...Open University course B822 Creativity, innovation and change... Management in Chinese cultures An introduction to this album. Clan-based networking Exploring the relationship between Confucian values and the way companies do business in Asia. Guanxi How a form of business relationship that entails mutual obligation is a common way of starting up businesses in Asia....
Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...Open University Course A327 Europe 1914-1989: war, peace, modernity... A Bomb Is Born German surrender brought the Second World War in Europe to an end. Mad About A Bomb By the end of the 1950s, public opinion about the bomb had started to shift. A Bomb Under Reagan By the 1970s the Cold War tensions were beginning to thaw, as people grew less worried about nuclear...
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. If you are trying to learn a language in the age of readily available free online translation tools such as Google Translate or DeepL then you probably know that many teachers’ and learners’ attitudes to these tools are – to say the least – ambivalent. They are often considered an all-too-easy shortcut, or...
Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...Open Thanatology hosted a webinar where a panel of speakers with experience of community action were asked to consider the question ‘Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?’. Here we focus on the panellists’ insights to discuss relevant issues raised by this question. What is a ‘community’? As an idea, ‘community’ is hard to...
Remembering Peter and John
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Peter and John

...Open University...[The OU's Berrill Building] Society Matters aims to help students of The Open University, particularly those in Social Sciences, to make connections between their studies and the wider world. It can be useful to reflect on who has helped to create and maintain the ideas of the Faculty. In the light of the recent deaths of a tutor, who retired in 2015 and...
Black History Month 2022 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2022 talks

...Open University’s Black History Month event in October 2022...Union Black Our Union Black: Britain’s Black Culture and steps to anti-racism short course is part of a UK-wide initiative to tackle racial harassment in Higher Education. In this lecture Lurraine Jones, Deputy Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, shares insights and reflections on the importance...