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The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management
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The inaugural lecture of Professor Edoardo Ongaro, Professor of Public Management

...free image Icon] We are delighted to invite you to Professor Edoardo Ongaro’s inaugural lecture, 'Context in Public Management, The Missing Link' in which he will consider the importance of taking politico-administrative and cultural context systematically into account for the advancement of the field of public management, and the social sciences more broadly, rather...
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...free training scheme introduced 1997 Nature of training available to non-EU migrants altered. Training typically takes five years, but all training posts had shorter stay periods 2006 Non-EU migration virtually closed Immigration and EU workers key dates Year What happened? Before 1914 Free movement 1957 Reintroduction of freedom of mobility of workers through the Treaty...
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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...free. We all crave to understand our identity, to want to belong to a group no matter how big or small. A cultural identity is just one of these, it can intersect with others such as our gender or our role in society. We want to be free to choose the parts of our heritage that we want to know more about and hold on to and other parts that we might want to let go of. We...
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How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?

...course of events, p53 plays a subtle role behind the scenes. It’s not just watching and waiting to stop or kill potentially dangerous cells, but is actually helping cells to avoid or survive things that might damage them – that is, things that might trigger its anti-tumour response. In other words, p53 is playing a double game: it promotes survival under some...
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Three Irish poets - introduction
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish poets - introduction

...courses and qualifications. [Ellen o'Leary, Katharine Tynan and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill] In this collection of articles we look at three female Irish poets. The first two - Ellen O’Leary (1831-1889) and Katharine Tynan (1859-1931) - wrote in English. Though these poets are not very widely known today, they were extremely popular and influential during their lifetimes...
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60 second adventures in economics: The Impossible Trinity
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Impossible Trinity

...courses. Transcript: Most countries trade with one another – which is usually pretty good for all involved – but it does mean it’s a bit harder for each to keep control of its own finances. There are three things that governments are particularly keen on. They like to keep the exchange rate stable so that import and export prices don’t suddenly jump around. They...
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History How-to videos: Paper and ink
History & The Arts

History How-to videos: Paper and ink

...course of writing. If the quality of the ink in your document changes, if it goes from being darker to more faint then it’s likely to be from the 18th Century or before, when people had to dip their pens in the ink far more often. During the 19th century, steel or metal nibs were introduced, which meant that the quality of the ink was much more consistent. If this is...
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The world around us - Perfume
Health, Sports & Psychology

The world around us - Perfume

...gland in its abdomen, which contains a small amount of the ketone muskone, a ring-like molecule that resembles civetone and creates the odour we know as musk. Both of these chemicals are nowadays produced synthetically. Find out more You can learn how the senses interact with the environment in The Open University course Signals and Perception: The Science of the Senses....
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