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How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?
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How did a natural disaster take us closer to Brexit?

...managers accept that BP must pay compensation for the oil spill and the damage it is doing to parts of America’s coastline, they argue that the cost to the company’s market value from the president’s criticism is far outweighing the clean-up costs. In sum, the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was told in some UK media as a national-economic problem for Britain...
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Could volunteering be bad for our health?
Society, Politics & Law

Could volunteering be bad for our health?

...managers to account are discussed in the same breath as the work of citizens who offer information, advice and support to current patients? Research repeatedly shows that some members of the public want to contribute to organisations in a range of ways, and many (even most) may not want to contribute at all. Emphasising the activist end of the involvement spectrum might...
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Bird ringing in Bog Meadows
OpenLearn Ireland

Bird ringing in Bog Meadows

...activism saved the area for wildlife. Volunteers plant trees and maintain the habitats. Flax, the mainstay of Ireland’s traditional linen industry, also grows up in the reserve. Many environmental organisations rely on volunteers to manage areas for biodiversity. (For example Ulster Wildlife and BTCV ). Why not get involved and learn more about your local environment?...
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Convoy to Calais
Society, Politics & Law

Convoy to Calais

...managed to gather a huge protest as they want to do. We’re now in the heart of Whitehall, the centre of the government. And we can see behind me the Cenotaph and the war memorials. And we can see the cars beginning to pile up. The plan today is to assemble a large collection of different kinds of vehicles, a convoy to Calais, that will show solidarity with the refugees...
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Stamford College
Education & Development

Stamford College

...management, are slightly harder and I've worked with students to support them sometimes with those, but I actually use those more advanced courses with advanced learners.’ ‘OpenLearn is really accessible, anybody can access this. You don't have to think that you're an academic or a degree level student to access what you're learning.’ Caz’s students have found...
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Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...Introduction - The question scientists should always ask themselves before carrying out an experiment is, I can do it, but should I do it? This question becomes more important as our technical scientific capabilities enable us, as a society, to push back the boundaries of the possible. An experiment can be scientifically robust but could still be considered ‘bad...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...introduction to the lecturer The full lecture A question-and-answer session with Professor Kershaw Introducing Ian Kershaw [Ian Kershaw] Presenter: Good evening and welcome to the first annual Open University BBC Four History Lecture. Our lecturer tonight is one of the most distinguished scholars currently working in Britain, Ian Kershaw, who’s Professor of Modern...
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