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OU Research Hub
Explore the research and publications of Open University students and faculty with our hub.
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Society, Politics & Law
What is the EU? - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
...opening video of the Student Hub Live Brexit special...After 60 years of widening and deepening into a union of 28 member states, the EU is about to lose the UK, despite offering several opt-outs and a special-status deal to keep it in. Brexit is viewed by some as the start of an unravelling, while others view the UK as unique in believing it can gain more sovereignty and...
Money & Business
Enterprising Times
...Open University Business School suggests that innovative enterprises have performed best among Britain's five million small businesses throughout the economic downturn. Young entrepreneurs and students in the West Midlands are recorded attending their first ever business networking event. We also hear how business innovation is sprouting on the site of Europe's largest...
Languages
Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers
...opened at 8pm on the 8th day of the 8th month in 2008. Number four is not a good number in Chinese culture. In many hotels you won’t even find a fourth floor and that is because the pronunciation of number four sounds like the word for to die or death. Sì. Sǐ. So you can imagine, car licence plates with number eight are very popular and they demand a very high price....
History & The Arts
Religion and Violence
...course was open but that which our country has taken.’ Such principles can also be used to justify violent opposition to oppressive regimes, as in the decision of the leading Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer to support the planned assassination of Hitler, and in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. However, because Christians take their inspiration from...
Nature & Environment
Milton Keynes: energy capital of the UK?
...Open University and an architect of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation recognised the dangers of increased energy on the climate. Their energy efficiency measures are now part of everyday life and better known as the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...The Open University was founded back in 1969 and set up its Walton Hall campus amongst green fields in the new...
Society, Politics & Law
Geography Matters
Geography Matters is a series of short articles, videos and podcasts by geographers from across The Open University.
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OpenLearn Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland Hub
Free learning content from The Open University for all who are interested in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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