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Water supply and treatment in the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Water supply and treatment in the UK

...Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Water supply and treatment in the UK An introduction to the contents of this album. Preserving water A panel discuss how safe, affordable drinking water is supplied in East Anglia, one of the driest parts of the UK. Treating water Computer graphics reveal the processes at Hanningfield Reservoir,...
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...Open University Course A216 Art and its histories... Textiles in Ghana A short introduction to this album. Ghana: Introduction to Kente weaving A short history of the tradition of the Kente weavers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Nana Asante Fremprong, a local businessman and master weaver, describes the method and skills involved in the process and how it's been updated...
Understanding Social Change
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Social Change

...opening up the market to global competition. Promoting welfare - the government's role Intention of the Labour government to counter social exclusion by promoting employment through enabling state. Considering family as area of continuity but forms of family are more varied. Has the welfare system caught up with this change in family structure? Divided Society Divides...
Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2
Health, Sports & Psychology

Promoting the effective management of children’s pain – part 2

...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....
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...open to influences from the wider Mediterranean world. There was also a developed culture which had been exposed to Hellenistic influences. A good example of this is the Punic royal funerary monument at Thugga, which combines Punic and Hellenistic features (see Figures 1 and 2). When Numidia became a part of the Roman empire, we might assume that Roman cultural influence...
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...Open University course DD105 Introduction to criminology...An introduction to crime and criminology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: provide a basic definition of ‘crime’ demonstrate that ideas about what a crime is and what it is not are often contested provide a definition of what criminology is and the subject matter it...
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...Berlin, I ‘Four Essays on Liberty’, 1969, Oxford University Press, by permission of Oxford University Press. 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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How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...opening statement in her report on Jimmy Savile’s years abusing girls, boys, women and men at the BBC, Dame Janet Smith refers to a “macho culture” as an important element that enabled Savile to get away with decades of criminal behaviour. She may have absolved the BBC of institutional responsibility, but director general Tony Hall has accepted that the question of...