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The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies
History & The Arts

The historical and ongoing persecution of Europe’s gypsies

...Open University's History courses and qualifications [Our] ash was mingled in the ovens - why should we be remembered separately…? (Woolford & Wolejszo S, 2006). [Forced Roma female labourers at Ravensbrϋck concentration camp] Forced Roma female labourers at Ravensbruck concentration camp The Roma (also known as Gypsies, Travellers, Sinti, Romani) are one of Europe’s...
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Article 10 mins
Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...Open University's Religious Studies qualifications. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two principal festivals celebrated by Muslims, with the other being the Eid al-Adha. Eid means festival and the Eid al-Fitr is the Feast of Breaking the Fast, sometimes also called the Festival of Sweets. It may be referred to as the ‘lesser Eid’, and the Eid al-Adha the ‘greater Eid’....
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Banks as utilities and the future of payments
Money & Business

Banks as utilities and the future of payments

...open data. We’re seeing new regulation coming in in the UK PSD2, which is going to force financial institutions to let other companies have access to the financial data of their clients, if the client gives specific permission to do so. And what it really is about, is about individuals taking back control over their data. When we talk about the circular economy, when...
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Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...source of wisdom and knowledge, about mathematics as well as other things. There was a long classical Greek tradition to this effect, and in later centuries the indecipherability of the hieroglyphs did nothing to dispel this belief. But since the early nineteenth century, when the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone by Young and Champollion enabled rapid progress to be made...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?
Society, Politics & Law

Section 4: Enduring Controversies around Glasgow 1919: (Mis)representing Red Clydeside?

...Source: Christopher Harvie, 1998, No Gods and Precious Few Heroes, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p.17) ‘We Were Carrying on a Strike When We Ought to Have Been Making a Revolution' (Willie Gallacher, Revolt on the Clyde (1936), London, Lawrence and Wishart, (1978 ed), p.221) Perhaps not surprisingly, such a momentous period as that of the Red Clyde has given...
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Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
Money & Business

Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion

...sources of support, whether that’s support measures that have been put in place within an organisation, but the wider mental health provision and support that’s available outside of work as well. I think it’s important that leaders are empowered to safeguard staff wellbeing. And that as organisations, we are engaging with the specialist organisations who can offer...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...Open University course A233 Telling stories – the novel and beyond...Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the possibilities of third-person narration recognise the role of dialogue in creating character understand how literary techniques combine to create a
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Global perspectives on primary education
Education & Development

Global perspectives on primary education

...Open University course E309 Comparative and international studies in primary education, a compulsory Level 3 course in the BA Hons Education Studies (Primary) qualification...Global perspectives on primary education: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: know the basics about the field of comparative and international education studies...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs