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Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...Open University Course A216 Art and its histories... Textiles in Ghana A short introduction to this album. Ghana: Introduction to Kente weaving A short history of the tradition of the Kente weavers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Nana Asante Fremprong, a local businessman and master weaver, describes the method and skills involved in the process and how it's been updated...
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Audio 48 mins
Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...Open University’s Professor Russell Stannard where the big mysteries of the universe are made comprehensible and any possibility is considered in the name of science. This material is supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation... Space, Time and Consciousness A short introduction to this album Consciousness and the Limits of Science Professor Russell...
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Audio 1 hr 49 mins
Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction
Education & Development

Reading and child development: The Our Story app: Introduction

...Open University have been interested in applying research based knowledge to develop an app which is designed to be fun, but will also help children develop abilities they will need when they start to read. In the following section we describe the way research ideas have been translated into an application. As you will see we are concerned not only with the cognitive...
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Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...open as I can – and not pretend that I am more confident or sure than I am. If you don't harangue people or use moral pleading, then the vast majority of people are quite nice and enjoy being able to contribute. I found I could handle this asking business as soon as I stopped expecting that everyone ought to agree with me. I always try to respect their right to say no...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Fatih Birol interview Key RH: Roger Harrabin = Interviewer FB: Fatih Birol, Head of International Energy Agency = Participant RH: I’m now with Fatih Birol, who’s the incoming head of the International Energy Agency. I’ve known Fatih for a long time because he’s been chief economist. Fatih, can you say when you...
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Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...Open University course W302 Equity, trusts and land...Equity – law and idea: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe some basic features of the law of equity critically evaluate and describe tensions between legal and philosophical accounts of equity critically situate equity as both law and idea in contemporary socio-political...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...opening of a new market access to (‘conquest of’) new sources of raw materials or components or the introduction of new forms of organisation. The term ‘innovation’ has since been extensively debated, and used in a wide range of ways. One study (Baregheh et al., 2009) identified 60 definitions of innovation in organisations alone. In part, at least, these...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...opening statement in her report on Jimmy Savile’s years abusing girls, boys, women and men at the BBC, Dame Janet Smith refers to a “macho culture” as an important element that enabled Savile to get away with decades of criminal behaviour. She may have absolved the BBC of institutional responsibility, but director general Tony Hall has accepted that the question of...
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