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Explore OpenLearn from The Open University
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Explore OpenLearn from The Open University

...top three free courses You can check out the full range of Economics learning materials available on OpenLearn for free here - this includes articles, badged courses, videos and interactives. Explore our range of Economics qualifications with The Open University, and discover the flexible way to get the degree you’ve been dreaming of. Sport and FitnessOur...
Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?

...economic sanctions with international co-operation. During its first term, the Obama administration took a tough line on Iran, successively ratcheting up the economic sanctions regime already in place. But when Hassan Rouhani was elected Iranian president in 2013, Tehran started to open up to the possibility of a diplomatic resolution. After 20 months of negotiations,...
European identity, citizenship, borders, rights and justice - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
Society, Politics & Law

European identity, citizenship, borders, rights and justice - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...economics and exclude outsiders. The Brexit vote was partly won by appeals to ideas that have, in some form, been around since before the Roman Empire: desires to reclaim national sovereignty, control migration, re-connect governments with the people and reject a ‘European’ state. This session will debate whether the apparent resurgence of political and cultural...
The secret life of T-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

The secret life of T-shirts

...wardrobe. Find out more about all of these stages and which of them add the most value to your T-shirt. Finally, who benefits from this value? Find out more with our interactive exploration into the secret life of T-shirts: Launch the interactive exploration [A pile of t-shirts in a shop with a launch button] Click the image above to launch. Find out more about Economics:...
Inequality: Have your say
Society, Politics & Law

Inequality: Have your say

...economic future of the country. She has stated her views: “I understand that inequality may feel unjust to some, but the fact remains that inequality is good for promoting competition, innovation and ultimately growth. We can’t ignore the benefits that inequality has brought to our country.” Do you agree that inequality is good for growth? Take an interactive tour...
Ecosystems: living communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: living communities

...the role of the sun, carbon, and energy interactions between organisms in ecosystems Humans enter the equation How human activity affects the delicate energy balance in an ecosystem with often adverse consequences Managing or meddling? How ecosystems need careful understanding if we are to sustain them for the future whilst using them to our economic advantage...
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...Economics and Government at the London School of Economics and Chairman of its Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He is President of the British Academy (from July 2013), and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (June 2014). He has held previous posts at universities in the UK and abroad including Oxford, MIT, Warwick, Indian Statistical...
Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privileged and Overconfident but Full Steam Ahead!

...economic backgrounds give ample grounds for being confident. While self-confidence is generally regarded as a positive attribute, it can also take on the malignant form of over-confidence. Psychologically, overconfidence can be defined as subjective confidence in one’s judgments that is greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments. In relation to Brexit,...