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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...system stable, maintaining a 2% inflation target and ensuring the health of financial firms under the Prudential Regulation Agency. But it’s also too old and wise an institution to take political sides in the Brexit debate. The assessment it published last October states clearly that EU membership has made the UK economy more open to trade, which helps it become more...
What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?

...system that Britain remains a committed member of. Britain’s hopes of securing global trade deals depends on the rest of the world being open to such approaches. A Trump presidency would help push us all towards a world that isn’t like that. ‘The’ Special Relationship If Britain can expect an exemption from Trump’s protectionism then does that not point to the...
Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...system in China, and that number continues to rise. In addition, a large, but unknown, number of adults are learning English in the workplace or in their free time. A 'wave of English' is now building up. Within a decade nearly a third of the world population will all be trying to learn English at the same time. But looking further ahead, the wave of learners may subside...
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Accessibility statement for OpenLearn

...system report. The report is being analysed and fixes implemented on a working basis. Interactive activities Some of our interactive activities might fail aspects of WCAG criteria. We are in the process of auditing and rebuilding these materials, and the following actions are in progress: Full-screen interactive materials will have a link to this accessibility statement...
Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
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Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...thinking through the course's key questions in more depth, watch this short film explaining how the census data can help us understand religious identity in Milton Keynes: NARRATOR Are we getting less religious? Every ten years in the UK we have a national census, giving us data about the way we live – and since 2001 that’s included our religious identification. What...
Is Adele's decision to keep 25 off Spotify going to change the music industry?
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Is Adele's decision to keep 25 off Spotify going to change the music industry?

...Think about it. When was the last time you listened to an album? Really listened to an album? Perhaps with headphones, not when jogging, or commuting? At least as far back as 2004, scholars have proposed that music listening is becoming more passive. Certainly, smartphones and streaming services have encouraged a more song-oriented way of music listening, with tech...
What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can lucid dreaming teach us about consciousness?

...think Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Inception). [Woman sleeping under a Jane Austen book] Can you write your dreams as effectively as Jane Austen conjured her worlds? Lucid dreaming is still an understudied subject, but recent advances suggest it’s a hybrid state of waking consciousness and sleep. Lucid dreaming is one of many “anomalous” experiences that can occur...
What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
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What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...thinking about space, time and gravity. Building on work published in 1905, the theory of general relativity tied together that what we commonly consider to be separate entities – space and time – into what is now called “space-time”. Space-time can be considered to be the fabric of the universe. That means everything that moves, moves through it. In this model,...