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UK must balance food farming impacts
Nature & Environment

UK must balance food farming impacts

...feed is located overseas, while 64% of associated carbon dioxide emissions are emitted abroad. The report concludes: “These results imply that the UK is increasingly reliant on external resources, and that the environmental impact of its food supply is increasingly displaced overseas.” This article was originally published by Tim Radford on The Climate News Network....
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...resources to help you further...1: Better manage your budget [Student with a credit card drinking coffee] It can be tempting to blow all your student loan but, with the cost of living going through the roof, learning how to manage your finances will be crucial. Discover how to manage your money with our handy free course... Managing my money for young adults 2: Learn how...
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What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...resources, how much to spend on roads, how much to spend on hospitals, how much to spend on education. So we have to develop a political system to make those decisions. In the UK and most other countries of the world, we have what’s called representative democracy. We elect people to make those decisions on our behalf and if we don’t like the decisions that they’ve...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...resource. The traditional hierarchy of strategy has, however, been challenged by the increasing importance of brands as a source of competitive advantage. As a result, organisations are recognising communications as a strategic issue and reconfiguring their internal and external relationships accordingly. The traditional distinctions between push, pull and profile...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate
Society, Politics & Law

The GOP tries to focus: A guide to the third debate

...education; and the financial challenges facing medicare and social security. A few ideas for reform came through on a couple of these issues. At least four candidates – John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie – suggested social security and medicare could be stabilized through some combination of raising the ages of eligibility, reducing benefits for...
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Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Women's Suffrage

...educated all who saw them, and the argument the women were making about their rights to equality with men, as speakers and voters. However, she was also keen to stress the poetry and splendour of a banner: ‘A banner is a thing to float in the wind, to flicker in the breeze’, she said. It ‘flirts’ its ‘colours for your pleasure’. You do not want to read it, as...
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A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of the ever-changing definition of culture

...education – the kind of culture that I am referring to, well, that has proven harder to pin down. Psychologists, philosophers and anthropologists have been arguing about the definition of culture for years, so little old me in my home office in lockdown can perhaps be forgiven for not having the perfect definition, but here goes. The word ‘culture’ itself has French...
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Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first 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....
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs