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Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?
Nature & Environment

Is the 2020 New Deal a Green New Deal?

...Open University. She looks at whether the New Deal by the government to boost the economy is actually good for the environment...[Boris Johnson talking at a Covid-19 press conference in March 2020] The COVID-19 crisis began with a focus on human health, but it wasn’t long before the economic impacts of the imposed lockdowns entered minds. The lockdown measures limited...
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Article 5 mins
Do animals have sex for fun?
Nature & Environment

Do animals have sex for fun?

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. There’s an idea circulating that humans are the only animal to experience sexual pleasure; that we approach sex in a way that is distinct from others. As with many questions about sex, this exposes some interesting facts about the way we discuss the subject. [Snails having sex] On one level, the question of whether...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...opening of Queen Victoria’s reign until the last decades of the 19th century, men, women and even children were amused by images and descriptions of murder and mutilation which would today be regarded as shocking and unfit for public consumption. Take, for instance, the popularity of increasingly elaborate pictures of execution. Some very crude depictions of hanging...
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Article 10 mins
English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation
History & The Arts

English Literature, Racism and Rehabilitation

...open to question: the assumption that those who hold violently racist views might be rehabilitated by reading works of English literature. Most readers of literature in English would like to think that the process of reading improves or enriches them, and a common societal assumption is that reading is an intangible good: we encourage children to read on the grounds that...
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Article 10 mins
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...Education Academy offers the following definition: Forensic science is the application of science to matters of law. (Higher Education Academy, 2010) A more careful examination, however, yields some extremely important insights. The ‘science’ part alludes to scientific method and how it might apply both generally and in terms of a specific investigation. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...education institutions take a position on advertising unpaid work. For example, the Open University Careers and Employability Service states: All unpaid opportunities are reviewed on a case by case basis. The Careers and Employability Service reserve the right to refuse the promotion of unpaid opportunities which are: promoted by anyone other than registered charities or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...Open University course DD213 Environment and society....Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements: Introduction - Wildfire is fire out of human control. More specifically, the United Nations Environment Programme has defined wildfires as ‘an unusual or extraordinary free-burning vegetation fire which may be started maliciously, accidently, or through natural...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...image: West Midlands Police in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr