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What is the EU? - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
Society, Politics & Law

What is the EU? - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...opening video of the Student Hub Live Brexit special...After 60 years of widening and deepening into a union of 28 member states, the EU is about to lose the UK, despite offering several opt-outs and a special-status deal to keep it in. Brexit is viewed by some as the start of an unravelling, while others view the UK as unique in believing it can gain more sovereignty and...
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Video 45 mins
Issues in women’s football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Issues in women’s football

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. Women’s football, and women’s sport generally, has seen a huge surge in popularity and media coverage. In the three audios that follow, Steph Doehler from The Open University and Carrie Dunn (sports journalist and scholar) discuss various issues that this has brought. The history of women’s football...
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David Hume: 18th Century Philosopher
History & The Arts

David Hume: 18th Century Philosopher

...Open University’s Nigel Warburton is joined by A.C. Grayling and other philosophers to discuss Hume’s key theories around the self, induction and his argument against miracles. A good entry point into philosophy and the work of David Hume. This material forms part of The Open University course A222 Exploring philosophy... Hume: An introduction Nigel Warburton talks...
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Enterprising Times
Money & Business

Enterprising Times

...Open University Business School suggests that innovative enterprises have performed best among Britain's five million small businesses throughout the economic downturn. Young entrepreneurs and students in the West Midlands are recorded attending their first ever business networking event. We also hear how business innovation is sprouting on the site of Europe's largest...
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The Rainbow analysed
Science, Maths & Technology

The Rainbow analysed

...Open University course MU120 Open mathematics... The rainbow analysed introduction The rainbow analysed introduction Aristotle's theory In about 300BC Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed a theory to why the rainbow has such a specific shape. A full circle rainbow? Aristotle's model also tells us that if we are high enough we can see the full rainbow circle. This is often...
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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Open University's Social Sciences courses. What makes asking people from Black and minority ethnic communities about their origin so offensive? In recent years this basic expression of interest seems to have been behind a host of conflict, upset and tumultuous argument. Some say the question is simply a harmless expression of curiosity, a basic demonstration of interest...
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Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lisa Sargood - Earth in Vision

...opening up those areas of expertise, so there’s more collaboration and that that cascades, that technology, that data gathering expertise can all be put to better use for nature conservation and also the equipment and the materials can be given to people on the ground to help them manage that human/nature interaction much better and address some of the really big issues...
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Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers
Languages

Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers

...opened at 8pm on the 8th day of the 8th month in 2008. Number four is not a good number in Chinese culture. In many hotels you won’t even find a fourth floor and that is because the pronunciation of number four sounds like the word for to die or death. Sì. Sǐ. So you can imagine, car licence plates with number eight are very popular and they demand a very high price....
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