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Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...creative organisations clearly do not stretch back that far. In some ways the Ford saga, which immediately provoked cheap jibes along the lines of ‘Any colour you want as long as it's not black’, unveils yet another problem of globalisation. In America and Europe, Ford is abolishing many of its regional fiefs and setting up transnational product groups. On the other...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Table 1: Eurobarometer 49, September 1998, © European Communities. www.flickr.com TPCOM All other materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. 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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...write lists of words that you associate with a particular topic or subject area. Many students find this easier because it involves learning a group of words in context. Die Kraft des Meeres und der Stürme spiegelt sich auch in Sagen und Legenden wider, die in vielen deutschen Regionen über die Jahrhunderte tradiert wurden. Zum Schluss dieser Lerneinheit sehen Sie zwei...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 LicenceSee Terms and Conditions Course image: rosipaw in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Figure: 1 Copyright © Michael Snyder Figure 2, 6, 11, 12, 23, 25, 27, 30a, b, c, 32, 41, 44, 46 Alberts, B. et al. (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edn,...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...writing is provided by Körtner and Geiser (2000). Torpor is best defined as entry of the whole animal into a state of hypothermia which is accompanied by behavioural inactivity, regulated by a combination of external and internal signals. Hibernation is defined as a sustained and profound state of torpor, entry to and exit from which is governed by internal signals...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4: Milgram, S (1974) Obedience to Authority, Harper & Row. Copyright © 1974 by Stanley Milgram Figure 5: Copyright © Andresr/iStock Figure 6: Copyright © Michael Flippo/iStock Angel Eye Media With thanks to: Kalahari Meerkat Project Angel Eye Media With thanks to: ANC iBrain Festival of Neuroscience at...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...writing books, but a producer from the Natural History Unit came to me and said, ‘Why don’t you make a television series about human beings as animals, the zoology of the human being?’ This appealed to me and so I did make a series called The Human Animal as a documentary series. And now I had a big budget I was able to film all over the world and to study human...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...Creative Commons licensing. See terms and conditions. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following: Course image: ©Rosemary Calvert/Getty Images. Photographs Figure 3: Courtesy of www.moneysupermarket.com; Figure 4: Copyright © Des Jenson/Photoshot; Figure 10: Courtesy of the Advertising Archives; Figure 11: Copyright © Marcus Clackson/iStockphoto.com; Figure 12...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs