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A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...sources. Attracting external capital – ‘global’ in that it can in principle come from anywhere (and also might go anywhere else) – has become the touchstone of economic ‘success’ in more globalised markets. The social and institutional ‘support systems’ of local and regional economies and societies have been increasingly seen as crucial in the competition...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...open in front of you. It contains the text of a play. What, then, are you to make of the words on the page before you? If the script you were examining was intended for a film or a TV play it would look different from the examples that follow, since these media focus more on the visual aspect, and the conventions or presentation for a film or TV script are different from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course W112 Civil justice and tort law...This free course, Judicial decision making, explains how judges decide cases. You will learn how judges make sense of evidence, and how they decide on fair outcomes in legal disputes. The course shows how the law constrains and influences judges, and what happens when...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s
History & The Arts

A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s

...Open University course A113 Revolutions63. and is part of a set of four OpenLearn courses, covering Revolutions of the Sixties. Transcript...A spiritual revolution? Wicca and religious change in the 1960s: Introduction - Before diving into religious change in the Sixties, you will reflect on how you think about religion and spirituality in your own context. The following...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...Open University course TU100 My digital life...Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the concept of a ‘digital life’ demonstrate an awareness of the role of information and communication technologies in a digital life describe the purpose of each of the major components of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Setting the scene On 12 August 2022, Scotland’s highest circulation broadsheet newspaper, The Herald, carried a headline exclaiming ‘Nurses set to strike for first time in their history’. While the words made an eye-catching headline, they failed to recognise, and in effect denied, the history of industrial...
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Article 5 mins
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...opening up and offered a new possibility for taking up those world-disclosing issues. You could create content which opened up ideas in a way that were being closed down on conventional mainstream broadcast. So I could see that panning out and that was an exciting possibility that I wanted to pursue. How has online TV evolved? I think the changes that have happened in...
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Video 30 mins
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...Open University logos.] This course is part of the OpenLearn AI Hub: a collaboration between The Open University and Microsoft. Follow the link to learn more. Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents great opportunity, but also significant disruption for modern societies and cultures. This free online short course investigates the historical, ethical and social issues...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs