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What is Diwali?
History & The Arts

What is Diwali?

...of hope – to celebrate the power of light to triumph over darkness, and knowledge to conquer ignorance. Explore more: The importance of Diwali in 5 artworks Bettany Hugh’s Exploring India’s Treasures The history of Halloween - OpenLearn - Open University Hanukkah: a festival of light - OpenLearn - Open University Try a free course or study towards a qualification...
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Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year

...culture and study Mandarin Chinese, visit this page where you can find free courses to sample, as well as paid online short courses which provide digital badges for attendance, and accredited courses. Beginners’ Chinese with 30 credits will be open for registration in April/May for an October 2024 start.Details of how to register will be published on this page soon....
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Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...skill which will help you in any further study...Week 4: Lottery of birth in the twenty-first century: 6 Summary of Week 4 - [Described image] Figure 7 Over the final week of Lottery of birth you’ve heard about some key demographic facts from the United Nations. You also heard from some of the leading thinkers on the issue of inequality. Public discussion of the big...
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How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...studied more than 130 cities, towns and villages in Tohoku, looking at factors such as exposure to the ocean, seawall height, tsunami height, voting patterns, demographics, and social capital. We found that municipalities which had higher levels of trust and interaction had lower mortality levels after we controlled for all of those confounding factors. The kind of social...
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Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...study of material with naturally aperiodic structure, known as quasicrystals. Quasicrystals have unique material properties and applications are being investigated. But since the discovery of Penrose’s two tile sets, mathematicians have wondered, is it possible to create an aperiodic set of tiles consisting of just one tile – an aperiodic monotile! Well, that...
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The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...study with work and caring responsibilities. Students can take up to sixteen years to complete their degree given the modular based study routes offered by the OU. The key aim is to `remove all inequalities in access and outcomes for students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds´The OU is committed to reducing the gap and is guided by the principles set...
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Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...studies in Russia and South Korea showing that most elite female athletes had much lower testosterone levels, between 0.1 and 3.08 nmol/L. In fact, they added, 99 percent of female athletes had testosterone below 3.08 nmol/L. If anything, they said, the 10 nmol/L cap for women was "arguably too generous." But Chand, who will race the 100-meter dash at the Olympics on...
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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...study of that very phenomenon called Get Out of My Room! Its author is Jason Reid, who lectures in History at Ryerson University in Toronto, from where he now joins me, while here in the studio I have Sian Lincoln, who’s Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. Jason, going over to you first in Toronto, that Beach Boys song would you agree...
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