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Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?
History & The Arts

Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?

...opened the same weekend in the summer. For instance, in 2008 another Nolan film, Batman thriller The Dark Knight, appeared in cinemas on the same day as ABBA musical Mamma Mia! (Phyllida Lloyd). However, Barbenheimer has captured public imagination in a big way. On platforms such as Twitter and Instagram, people have created visual jokes riffing on the contrasting...
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A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...opened the West of Ireland to a new interdependence within the international economic system. Economic relationships have been important to the region’s interdependencies: for example, in agriculture, relationships with Britain and Europe have dominated; while labour, previously supplied to Britain and America is now an attraction to foreign industry. But
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Housing beyond borders
Society, Politics & Law

Housing beyond borders

...Open University's Geography courses and qualifications. As we are so often told, we are now living in a globalised world. Certainly, cities are increasingly being reinvented and promoted as intense, powerful hubs of activity and interaction in a globally, interconnected world. From the movement of people and goods through to the circulation of money, knowledge and...
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The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Civilian war experiences: Introduction - First, watch this video in which Annika explains what you’ll be studying this week. ANNIKA MOMBAUER Hello, and welcome back to Week two. Last week you studied some of the devastating physical and psychological effects...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses This free course is adapted from a former Open University course called 'Leadership and change(B204)'...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...opening, in which the soldier is carried onto the roof to look out over the town; the couple praying in the Duomo; the fact that it was agreed that he would not drink or see his friends in America; the loneliness of Luz’s life in Pordenone. I have omitted these events or descriptions because it could be argued that they are not crucial to the main narrative incidents....
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...Open University course K243 Critical perspectives on mental health in society....Mental health in society: Introduction - [Described image] This course will explore the different perspectives of mental health and the way in which they are understood. As well as traditionally being related to biology, neurology and psychology, experiences of mental health are also linked...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...Open University course DD311 Crime, harm and the state Content warning Study in the social sciences – and criminology in particular – inevitably touches on sensitive and emotive topics that may be difficult and upsetting. This course explores harms against nonhuman animals that you may find difficult to work with, including images of nonhuman animals in
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs