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Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...becomes cool, because if it is hot you can’t put this ….. in, and remove it from here to this small barrel. Gabriel (contd) This is white cloth - you want to change it into black. When you put it in first it looks like brown, but by two weeks’ time it will change into black. It takes two weeks, it made ……. Sun. And when it dries you bring it back, and wet it...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...becoming more demanding. Her depression required hospitalisation. ‘Work had always been really important to me and I’m more like a perfectionist. So everything has to be a 100%, you know, and all that. And I got made promotion several times with my job, and then suddenly, I think like many companies, people started making people redundant, and requesting people to...
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...OU tutors. Activity 1 Listen to the audio files. You may find it helpful to listen to the recordings a second time and take notes. The problem with crime part 1 (10.5 minutes 5 MB) SEANDAMER Hello. This is audio cassette 1, side 2, for the D315 course. I'm Dr. Sean Darner of the Sociology Department at the University of Glasgow and a D315 course tutor. Chapter 4 ofBook I,...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...becoming increasingly important globally because of the impact of climate change. Using economic theory, you will explore why market forces alone typically cannot resolve the problems associated with flooding, creating a rationale for government intervention. You will then see how a key tool of economics, cost-benefit analysis, can be applied to assess and weigh the net...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...becomes possible to identify a focus for positive forms of Black leadership in the future...Week 1: Understanding power and its effects: 2.1 Power over movement - Crucial to a person’s freedom is how easy or otherwise it is to move around space. Being able to move easily and affordably creates options for work and leisure. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that transport...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
Society, Politics & Law

Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love

...becomes irate. As she responds, the point-of-view shifts – now we’re with Saul and Berlin station-chief Alison Carr, watching the interview on a TV screen. “You’re not allowed to spy on your own citizens! It’s against the law, it’s against the fucking law!” Sutton screams. But we aren’t listening anymore: we’re watching Alison and Saul watch her, and the...
Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...becomes more difficult, this will put extra constraints on a form of cultural activity for which touring is crucial, and increasingly so. British musicians have had problems in the past, such as, for instance, getting visas to play the South by Southwest festival in Texas. World music expo Womex, likewise, has encountered visa issues and associated difficulties regarding...
Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?

...become the law of the land. Rather than deciding the constitutionality of laws restricting abortion or providing contraception, ties mean these issues remain unresolved at the national level. If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz get their way, the court will stall for at least a year until the next president is...