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An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...one H Summary We hope the short videos have been a useful resource and inspire you to go on and learn more. Additional resources and acknowledgements Action on Hearing Loss More information on British Sign Language Deaf awareness education course on OpenLearn Create Many thanks to Josh Page and Josh Sprules for taking the time to help with the creation of these resources....
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Video 20 mins
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...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 without the loss...
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Audio 48 mins
Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes
Education & Development

Intergenerational perceptions: Busting age-related stereotypes

...course be an inevitable result of asking someone to communicate their view on a whole group of people belonging to a certain category. However, stereotypes do seem to play an important role in shaping attitudes and potentially norms. The features of the Old School Project we are interested in at the OU are related to intergenerational perceptions. We are keen to explore...
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Video 20 mins
Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...English became terribly artificial and simpering, and I know that friends of mine didn’t like her; French friends of mine didn’t like her. In French I couldn’t understand why, and in English I could. This interview is adapted from The Open University course Exploring Languages And Cultures. Find out how you can become a student on this course, or try a free extract....
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French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?
Society, Politics & Law

French Presidential Election: What have we learned from the First Round?

...course, but while she has to believe she can win on May 7, it’s a very long shot. The final result will have an impact on Le Pen and the future direction of the Front National. She is not in danger of being replaced if she loses; there is no alternative leader for the time being. But the strategy and the programme, largely devised by her acolyte Florian Philippot, will...
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Article 5 mins
Freedom of speech
History & The Arts

Freedom of speech

...courses and qualifications [Political banner promoting free speech (US)] The pros and cons There are good reasons to preserve freedom of speech – the case is made with formidable power in John Stuart Mill’s classic text, On Liberty (1859). In a society in which speech is free, there will be an interchange of ideas, truths that damage those in power will be more...
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Article 10 mins
Calculating your carbon footprint
Nature & Environment

Calculating your carbon footprint

...courses. What is a carbon footprint? The carbon footprint is the annual amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly carbon dioxide, that result from the activities of an individual, a group of people, a town or city, region or nation, mainly from the use of energy and transport and consumption of food, goods and services. It’s measured as the mass, in tonnes per...
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Article 5 mins
Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two
Society, Politics & Law

Dropping the population bomb - 50 years of BBC environmental broadcasting, part two

...course of the decade that follows, and that’s climate change. The documentary ‘Under the weather: Overheating’, broadcast in 1981 is one of the first longer documentaries we have found that covers the issue of human-caused climate change. The uncertainties are emphasised, but the potentially far-reaching consequences are laid out before the audience. So how should...
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