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Life on the wall: Vindolanda
History & The Arts

Life on the wall: Vindolanda

...source of building stones by local landowners from times immemorial, but it was remote enough from the main modern roads to escape the worst of the destruction. Limited excavation in the early nineteenth century revealed a number of magnificent stone altars, with inscriptions naming the garrison as the Fourth Cohort of Gauls, 500 strong and part-mounted, and in the 1930s...
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...sources are. Notice the reference to the ‘ways [plural] … economists have tried to understand’. The most basic message of this course is that economics is not a subject in which there is one single correct answer. This course will also assist you in developing your ability to use and evaluate economic theory, and help you build or improve other academic skills. The...
The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars
Society, Politics & Law

The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars

...open to it, so it needs a rapid-cancellation feature if it is not clear that the pulling-out would be safe. An interesting feature of this story is that the California Department of Motor Vehicles has published the accident report on the internet, and it very clearly sets the scene. It is not clear why the bus driver did not have complete control of the bus, or anticipate...
What’s the big deal about virginity?
History & The Arts

What’s the big deal about virginity?

...Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications [Vesta ] Vesta, goddess of hearth (palace garden of Sanssouci, Potsdam) by Francois Gaspard Adam, 1758 Virginity, women’s lack of sexual experience before marriage in particular, has been highly valued in many different cultures. Some feminist critics have argued that the high value placed on the virginity...
Why has Sweden tightened its borders?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Sweden tightened its borders?

...open and consensual. True, this image has been tarnished by the assassinations of a prime minister and a foreign secretary, riots in Stockholm and the presence of criminal gangs. It could, nevertheless, still be argued that the country has been able to absorb high levels of immigration without widespread serious social and political tensions. Fredrik Reinfeldt, the former...
Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance
Languages

Messaging apps – managing relationships at a distance

...Open University's English courses Phone messaging apps are first and foremost a means of relating to, or connecting with, other people. This means that many anxieties about messaging are really concerns about relationships. Importantly, relationships always involve a balance between, on the one hand, expressing solidarity and connecting with others; and, on the other,...
Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers

...open for too long, and easily becomes distracted. However, for me, methodological openness is how I base my findings in a practical understanding of the conditions within which they hold true. By experimenting with new techniques, researchers do not only gain access to additional areas of knowledge, they also gain exposure to alternative ways of thinking about society....
Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medicine in ancient Greece and Rome

...opening off a corridor around a square or rectangular courtyard and primarily cared for the sick, rather than those injured on the battlefield. There is still debate over whether all buildings of this shape were hospitals, or whether the rooms were storerooms. The Romans made use of home remedies, such as Cato’s universal panacea, the cabbage, for which he describes...