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Birth of a drug
Science, Maths & Technology

Birth of a drug

...becomes apparent in the light of the fact that in the UK alone some £2.2b was spent in 1997 on research and development. Literally thousands of different compounds have to be synthesised and tested in the search for the one that will prove to be a successful and valuable therapeutic agent. As a result, the average cost of developing a new drug is now around £350m. And...
Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment
Society, Politics & Law

Pluralism in Economics: inequalities, innovation, environment

...become particularly low during the post-war years. Since the 1980s, income distribution has become more unequal again. Also other recent studies have come to the conclusion that economic inequality hampers economic growth and is associated with a phenomenon called secular stagnation – slow average economic growth (Shen and Zhao, 2023).This is because economic growth...
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...becoming fully anchored in a ‘common European home’. When something like this common home emerged in 2004 with the yet further enlargement of the EU, though, it was not one that lacked an ideological framework. This time it was the dogma of the free market that had come to prevail (in association, of course, with the global supremacy of the United States), and in a...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...students. Income (flow over time) A teacher receives her monthly income. Income (flow over time) The government pays someone without work unemployment benefit. Income (flow over time) An increase in the value of shares owned in EasyJet PLC. Wealth (stock at a given point of time) Savings account Wealth (stock at a given point of time) The ownership of a 3-bedroom house...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...OU), in partnership with Dance Educates and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. The video in this article shows a brief activity to illustrate how movement can be used to embody learning. Critically, it’s important to emphasise with the Dancemotion approach as a whole, it is the teachers’ and children’s interest and engagement with the content...
LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...OU collection exploring why Good Friday Agreement matters 25 yars on This arcicle is part of "A Peace of Us", our special collection of resources exploring why the Good Friday Agreement is relevant to our lives 25 years since its signing. New energy: why the Good Friday Agreement helped the LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement There has never been a better time to be LGBTQIA+...
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...become increasingly clear that these assertions are fundamentally wrong and there are numerous examples where sport and politics mix only too well. This free course examines how sport and politics exist, support and challenge one another through the contextual backdrop of the football World Cup...Occasionally, controversies arise that remind us of the link between sport...
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...become so popular, and not just among academics. He also introduces you to the different possible definitions of business models. CHARLES BADEN-FULLER: The word business model is commonly used by many people in many situations. You hear it on television when people ask would be entrepreneurs, what is your business model? People talk about it about businesses. People even...