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Sara Kay Aloe
Education & Development

Sara Kay Aloe

...resources in Welsh. It all started when I saw The Crown – some of the dialogue in the episode was in Welsh, it was about the Prince of Wales – and that was the first time I heard the language. The sound was so captivating that I decided I wanted to start learning it, so an interest in the Welsh language is what led me to OpenLearn,’ Sara explained. Sara not only...
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Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...education; ICT; oil, gas and energy; pharmaceuticals; shipbuilding and repairs; sport and leisure; and, tourism sectors. In other words, what is termed a modern knowledge economy; In population size terms, it would be about two million smaller than the Netherlands and three million bigger than Belgium; Its total national income would be about 15% smaller than the former...
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Preparation dyeing and finishing
Money & Business

Preparation dyeing and finishing

...education is key for the ongoing improvements in the wet processing of textiles. These processes do use a lot of water but the industry is now using machines that use a lot less water and use dyes which fix to the fabric much better. This means that a t shirt dyed well uses less water at this stage then is probably used during its washing at home. Using good dyes means...
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Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Restoring nature: Introduction - This week you will be hearing from some experts (two philosophers and an architectural historian), and then read the important middle section of Elliot’s paper, in which Elliot provides his view about what is important about...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...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 6 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...Enrique Jiménez in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. 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 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars
Society, Politics & Law

The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars

...open to it, so it needs a rapid-cancellation feature if it is not clear that the pulling-out would be safe. An interesting feature of this story is that the California Department of Motor Vehicles has published the accident report on the internet, and it very clearly sets the scene. It is not clear why the bus driver did not have complete control of the bus, or anticipate...
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What’s the big deal about virginity?
History & The Arts

What’s the big deal about virginity?

...Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications [Vesta ] Vesta, goddess of hearth (palace garden of Sanssouci, Potsdam) by Francois Gaspard Adam, 1758 Virginity, women’s lack of sexual experience before marriage in particular, has been highly valued in many different cultures. Some feminist critics have argued that the high value placed on the virginity...
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