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Society, Politics & Law
How do you become British Prime Minister?
...Open University's Politics courses and qualifications. Transcript Britain, like France, is a unitary state, but is a parliamentary democracy, not a semi-presidential system. British voters thus do not directly elect the government or the head of the government, the Prime Minister. And the head of state, the Monarch, is hereditary, apolitical, and not subject to election...
Society, Politics & Law
Has Jeremy Corbyn changed Prime Ministers Questions for the better?
...open an opportunity for the PM to launch an attack. Corbyn’s six questions all fell into the first category. And as he announced at the start of the session, they had all been crowd-sourced from citizens – Maria, Stephen, Paul, Claire, Gail and Angela, to be precise. This strategy had been mooted within hours of Corbyn’s election, his team briefing that his approach...
Society, Politics & Law
Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion
...open and inclusive social change. Forging new worlds through interdisciplinary research Over the series of blogs, our key methodological question will be to ask how methods can shape the state of the world, rather than simply describe how the world is constituted, or monitor its workings. We will discuss how methods do not only have technical requirements and objective...
History & The Arts
How Brexit Is Giving Rise To A New Wave Of Language Wars
...course they’ve anglicised the word - the Spanish plural would be ‘señores’, but that would have ruined the rhyme.) In contrast to this was the headline in Germany’s Die Welt last week following Theresa May’s letter triggering Article 50. Written in what’s known as ‘Denglish’ (a mixture of English and German) it read ‘Dear Brits, ze door is schtill...
Health, Sports & Psychology
World Cup 2023: is it a case of USA or England?
...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. On 20 July 2023 the ninth Women’s World Cup kicks off when co-hosts New Zealand play Norway in Auckland. The first women’s World Cup took place in China in 1991 and involved 12 nations. There are now 32 teams involved which is an increase on the 24 teams that competed in 2019. USA are by far the most...
Health, Sports & Psychology
What is it like for a doctor to pronounce a patient dead?
...course from the nurse and the chart, I opened the door to her room. The efforts of the palliative care team were obvious. The shades were drawn, and the room was quiet except for the sounds of a waterfall playing in the background. I closed the door behind me to keep out the florescent lighting and beeping monitors and chatting of the nurses. But with the closing of the...
History & The Arts
Le Corbusier
...Open University's Arts and Humanities courses [Le Corbusier] Date: (1887 - 1965) Nationality: Swiss Famous Buildings: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion (Paris) Villa Savoye (Poissy) Unité d'Habitation (Marseilles) L'Esprit Nouveau Le Corbusier is without doubt the most influential, most admired, and most maligned architect of the twentieth century. Through his writing and his...