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Fire and Ice
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire and Ice

...Open University PhD student Anne Forbes as they explore exciting lava formations that have never been reported before... Fire and Ice How are volcanoes created? On a field trip to Iceland, Dr Dave McGarvie visits a range of volcanoes. They include Askja, a spectacular and active volcano in the remote interior of the country - whose evolution he is studying with scientists...
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Business ethics
History & The Arts

Business ethics

...Open University. Nigel: For more information about Ethics Bites, and about the Open University, go to open2.net. David: “That’ll be a short discussion then”, somebody commented when told we were doing a podcast on business and ethics. In fact, there is a strange shortage of philosophical literature on business ethics. In contrast, there’s a library of books on...
The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...course, it was unlikely (but not impossible) that such a long list of questions could be put to the electorate, not least because it would have been a confusing turn off for voters. But this why a second referendum is now required. It’s essential because we only started to ask the questions above after June 2016. Not only did we not know the answers to such questions at...
Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline
History & The Arts

Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline

...Open University History courses and qualifications. [Adolf Hitler [Image: Walter Frentz Archive]] Jump to: Birth and childhood Entry into politics Rise to power Third Reich World War II Death Hitler's birth and childhood 20 April 1889 [Adolf Hitler as a baby (c.1889-90)] Adolf Hitler as an infant Adolf Hitler is born on April 20th in Braunau am Inn in the empire of...
Learn maths in Northern Ireland
Science, Maths & Technology

Learn maths in Northern Ireland

...courses and learning materials will help you recognise how to use numbers in your daily life. Build your knowledge of basic number work, including fractions and percentages and learn how to understand shapes, patterns and measurements. By learning essential maths skills, you’ll be better able to solve everyday maths problems. [Logos: Department for the Economy,...
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...opens Daniel Heller-Roazen’s genealogy of the ‘enemy of humanity’ also echoes Schmitt’s attempt to deduce the political from non-subjective, nonanthropological categories. While anonymity is most often understood in terms of a refusal of the principle of identity, it acquires additional meaning in the shift from causation to correlation that lies at the core of a...
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change project Richard Tol Interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin interviewer RT: = Richard Tol, Economist, participant RH: Richard Tol, thank you very much for coming in to talk to the Open University and to Radio 4 Documentaries. RT: Thanks for having me. RH: We're starting all our interviews in this series with a question: when did you...
Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...Open University has been involved in many different co-productions with the BBC on his life, work and legacy. To get started and 'cheer thyself a little' you can check out the FREE resources below. See how Shakespeare is perceived across the globe Read up on what Shakespeare's life was like Dig into the details of Shakespeare's work Explore various Shakespearean texts and...