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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...social networking which allow individuals to stay in touch simultaneously with friends, family and work colleagues with different language backgrounds. The evidence points to a growing tolerance of multiple standards in English and growing flexibility and fluidity in the use of English by global citizens. [Signage in English and Chinese [Image: Augapfel under CC-BY...
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Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...social media campaigns by right-wing interests and the agendas of wealthy corporate individual and foreign politicians that are only now becoming clear as campaign funding issues are becoming exposed Selection of politicians and the ‘Dark Triad’ in politics Part of the problem is that the assessment processes for ensuring that MPs are fit to practice as trustworthy...
What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...social type that is causing grief in modern diverse societies: the “Integrationsverweigerer;” literally someone who refuses to integrate, a “Verweigerer” is a “conscientious objector” or a “refusenik.” The principal characteristic of a “Integrationsverweigerer” is that they are not learning German and the German government is now planning to get tough...
Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline
History & The Arts

Hitler's rise and fall: Timeline

...working for the civil service, Adolf is able to pursue his preferred choice of study, that of art. He attends art school and regards himself as an artist, absorbing diverse cultural influences, the opera, theatre, reading and drawing. 1907 Hitler moves to Vienna with the aim of attending the Vienna Academy of Art, but his application is rejected. His disappointment is...
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...working on A Venetian Coronation 1595 actually do? In the model of recording western art music that held for large projects in 1990, and still holds in some cases today, the producers, who are responsible for bringing a recording such as this to the marketplace, take on two specific tasks. First comes the creative activity of selecting the music, choosing arrangements,...
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Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...working at international conferences for high-ranking officials or business tycoons as circulated in local media. On the other hand, the societal valorization of translators and interpreters in Australia and other Anglophone countries remains very low. Translators and interpreters are associated with low-paid casual work that offers little chance for career progression....
How are drones keeping track of songbirds?
Nature & Environment

How are drones keeping track of songbirds?

...work.” Wilson and his colleagues hope that automated bird surveying with UAVs will eventually be used as an additional technique to augment the work of well-trained field surveyors. “Surveying birds by ear is an impressive skill that encourages ornithologists to spend time out in the field getting to know their study species and their habitats,” says Wilson. “We...
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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...working the context of a learning brief. They are usually, although not exclusively, working within the Creative Commons community. These trusted repositories include blogs from the LSE and Oxford, SciDevNet, Wellcome Trust's Mosaic website, Languages On The Move, GlobalVoice and The Conversation. The OpenLearn editorial team will review any item selected for publication...