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Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...become too expensive. However on average, income levels seems to be the prime drive of whether to rent or buy...Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing: 2 Are house prices too high? - [Described image] Figure 1 Are prices too high? If young people and those on low income more generally are being priced out of the housing market in the UK, does that mean prices are...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Designing the Spanish nation
Languages

Designing the Spanish nation

...become the capital of Spain? At a time when moving around was not that easy, Madrid is conveniently situated in the geographical centre of the Iberian Peninsula. It became politically important in 1561 when Philip II decided to move the royal court from Toledo, although when his son came to power, the court moved to the northwest, to the city of Valladolid, for a 5 year...
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Article 15 mins
The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016

...become refugees,” she says. “It could be any of us.” Yusra Mardini practices with the support of the German National Olympic Committee (NOC). Michael Shirp, deputy head of media for the German NOC, says that Germany is proud to support Yusra and her effort to compete at the Olympics. He says she and her sister “represent an impressive example” of the refugee...
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Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the Americans consider the lessons of Brexit before voting this November?

...become a defining feature of the political landscape on both sides of the Atlantic. And populists succeed by “instilling fear of various real or imagined dangers.” In the U.K., those in favor of Brexit cited European Union immigration policies to build support for the “leave” campaign. In the U.S., similar fears over immigration have been joined by heavy criticism...
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Article 5 mins
Disraeli on Munich
History & The Arts

Disraeli on Munich

...become the capital of modern Art; and why a country of limited resources, in a brief space, and with such facility and completeness, should have achieved those results which had so long and utterly eluded the desires of the richest and most powerful community in the world? It is the fashion of the present age to underrate the influence of individual character. For myself,...
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Article 5 mins
Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday
Society, Politics & Law

Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday

...becomes empty and vain and we sink into apathy and cynicism.” Of course, when we think about voting it is not usual to think of it as related to self-respect. It is more often seen as a ‘device’ to choose representatives, parties or particular policies. Which of these depends on the type of vote and the voting system employed. Robert Dahl’s excellent book On...
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Article 5 mins
Tracing your family history
History & The Arts

Tracing your family history

...become more sophisticated to incorporate information on the relationship of each person to the head of the household, as well as their name, age, gender, marital status, occupation and place of birth. Since the records contain such sensitive personal data, they are closed to public inspection for 100 years. This means that the most recent set of returns that can be viewed...
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Article 10 mins
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...becomes dangerous. When a headline suggests that one in five Muslims support violent Jihadis (they don’t), or that climate change is a myth (it isn’t), people who read these are affected – presence in even the least reputable newspaper implies a veneer of truth, so readers’ beliefs may change or be hardened, or readers may feel offended, or ostracised. And that is...
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Article 5 mins