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What is a transformation process? The one minute guide
Money & Business

What is a transformation process? The one minute guide

...course in Business Management. See a full list of OU Business School courses Image credits: butterly emerging from a cocoon by Emmanuelle Bourgue CC-BY-NC-ND Tillamook cheese factory by Kristina D.C. Hoeppner CC-BY-SA Hahnemann Hospital and Homœopathic Dispensaries by Wellcome Library CC-BY woodworking by conespider CC-BY-NC-ND delivery people by Garry Knight CC-BY...
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Ramadan Mubarak!
History & The Arts

Ramadan Mubarak!

...course called “Exploring religion: Places, Practices, Texts and Experiences”. In one part of this course we ask students to study a film of a group of Muslim friends discussing Ramadan as they eat together. A significant focus of their conversation is the foods that they associate with Ramadan from their upbringing in different countries (Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq and...
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How does OpenLearn deal with older content?
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How does OpenLearn deal with older content?

...courses and interactives are reviewed by faculty as time permits, then updated, replaced and deleted accordingly. Content has historical/archival value in its own right - simply being 'old' is not a reason to remove a piece of content. We will remove content if: Keeping it online is potentially dangerous (e.g. safety advice has changed since original publication). Keeping...
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International Development: microcredit and migration
Science, Maths & Technology

International Development: microcredit and migration

...course TU871 Development: context and practice... International development: microcredit and migration Introducing the album's content Small change for a better world Micro-credit unions, how they work and how they are empowering women in Glasgow to start their own small businesses. Argentina’s Poor: Surviving without money The poor of Argentina are trading goods and...
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Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...course K202 Care, welfare and community... Community Social Care A short introduction to this album. Segregated schooling for sight impaired young people Peter White, BBC disability affairs correspondent, revisits the school for visually impaired young people he attended when he was growing up. Mainstream schooling for sight impaired young people Peter White meet two...
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War, Intervention and Development
Nature & Environment

War, Intervention and Development

...course TU875 War, intervention and development... War, Intervention and Development A short introduction to this album. The Sierra Leone Sanctions Debate A discussion of sanctions, with specific reference to Sierra Leone, and how they have an impact on the population concerned Pushing too hard for elections An appraisal of the elections in Sierra Leone and a debate on...
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War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...space. Our new online course, Heritage, whose heritage? (A180), gives a more fulsome introduction. The two total wars of the twentieth century are the subject of the course Total war and social change: Europe 1914-55 (AA312). We also offer an appealing starter course for budding family historians, which covers some of these questions: Start writing family history (A173)....
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7 accidental discoveries that look like April Fool's Day headlines but aren't
Science, Maths & Technology

7 accidental discoveries that look like April Fool's Day headlines but aren't

...course. 2. Mouldy container saves the world [mouldy petri dish] This has all the hallmarks of a classic April Fool's Day prank. After returning from a holiday in September 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming found something unusual in one of his petri dishes of Staphylococcus, the bacteria that causes boils, sore throats, and abscesses. This particular dish was...
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