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Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...opened up a rich source of data. 66% of the 3.1m people living in Wales at the time described themselves as Welsh. Of these, around 20% described themselves as British and Welsh. Just under 17% described themselves as British. As Professor Awan-Scully mentioned in the interview in Section 1, there is a link between identity and voting intention, with individuals who...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

Expert opinion: Origins of the First World War

...Open University's History courses and qualifications In 2012, I recorded this audio in which two leading historians of the First World War discuss their subject, and in particular the question of the origins of the war, with me. Professor John Röhl and Professor Christopher Clark explain the fascination of the topic and give their differing views on why war broke out in...
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Audio 30 mins
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...Open University course A328 Empire: power, resistance, legacies. Course image information: oil painting on cotton cloth depicting the Battle of Adwa, 2 March 1896. The image shows Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia (centre) and Empress Taitu (bottom left) leading their troops to victory against the Italian army. You can find out more about this history in Session 3. Image:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016

...source of great stress and excitement. England fans have a love-hate relationship with the penalty shoot-out. The excitement of a penalty shoot-out is unquestionable, but England teams are not renowned for their success in penalty shoot-outs. The men’s team have had several exits from major tournaments at the hands of a penalty shoot-out (e.g. 2006 World Cup, Euro 2012)...
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Article 10 mins
Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?

...sources holding information about our online viewing habits. This would create another point of weakness that could easily be exploited by hackers to capture credit card details or to blackmail those registered to porn platforms. What’s unconventional? The bill would also give the power to decide what pornographic we can and can’t watch to the notoriously straight...
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Why is scientific research part of emergency response?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is scientific research part of emergency response?

...sources agree the charity does more than other NGOs on research, often pushing boundaries to try new approaches. When it comes to health, they fill a big gap, often in places where no one else dares to tread. The charity’s work also touches on the political – for years it has campaigned on access to drugs, and now vocally opposes Europe’s migration policies –...
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What does clay tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does clay tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?

...sources by the Noachian rivers. On Earth, clay forms by weathering of mineral grains chemically attacked by water. Most scientists believe that a similar process took place on Mars during its wet, Noachian period. However, some researchers have suggested that most of the detected clay was not formed in this way at all. They argue instead it formed prior to that, while...
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Other Moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Other Moons

...source that powers Io’s activity is not radioactive, as for the Earth and (in the past) the Moon, but tidal. Tidal interactions between Io and the next two moons outwards, Europa and Ganymede, which take respectively twice and four times as long to complete one orbit, stoke enough heat into Io’s interior to melt the magma bodies that continually rise towards the...
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Article 5 mins