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Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...research and this course is going to ask that question, is to what extent is this delivering benefits for Africa? Video 1 [Described image] Figure 1 The Chinese economy is often depicted in comic ways as a challenge to US global hegemony The data is impressive as the graphs (Figures 2a–d) in this PDF show. The data reveals that China’s economy has been growing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade
History & The Arts

Riches & misery: the consequences of the Atlantic slave trade

...centre of the debate is the economic transformation of Britain. During the eighteenth century, Britain became the first country in the world to “industrialise”, in terms of an unprecedented economic shift towards manufacturing and commerce, and the progress of technology. These were also years of large British involvement in the slave trade. So were these two trends...
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Article 10 mins
After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...centre of Cairo against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who was forced to relinquish power. The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 was one of the largest components of the wider ‘Arab Spring’, which toppled regimes across the Middle East and North Africa. Modern Egypt is no stranger to revolutions. In 1952, a secret group in the Egyptian Army called the Free Officers...
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Article 15 mins
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...researchers of the ENACT project. Rutvica Andrijasevic conducts the interview with Engin Isin, who in turn conducts the other interviews. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT): Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a familiarity with the...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...researchers. I love those, because it was more senior colleagues taking time for me when I was beginning my career that got me to where I am today... including to Mars! Right after a late lunch, though, my favourite part of the week starts, as I am on the operations team for today’s rover planning – rover, which rover? The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity....
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Article 15 mins
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...research sector. My big interest in mental health is severe mental illness and psychosis in particular, and the links between psychotic experience and various types of adversity, including social adversity. CIARAN MULHOLLAND My name is Ciaran Mulholland. I’m a consultant psychiatrist. A psychiatrist, just in case any of the listeners are unaware, a psychiatrist is first...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...research’ will be a skill fundamental to study and practice. Quite often, to develop that skill, law students will face a task whereby they have to construct the answer, moving from source to source to ensure any updates are covered. This ‘trail’ requires such findings to be logged so that, at any given time, if prompted or challenged on what an authority for such a...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Queen Victoria on the Chartists
History & The Arts

Queen Victoria on the Chartists

...Children appeared at our luncheon. Papa thinks the Baby, so like Albert. The accounts from Manchester are dreadful - such disturbances, as also in some other parts, near Sheffield, &c Drove out with Papa & Alexandrine, Albert & Ernest, &c, riding. We drove to the Stud & showed Papa all the horses. We also looked at the Hunters. I never felt anything like the heat On...
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Article 5 mins