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Nationalism, self-determination and secession
Society, Politics & Law

Nationalism, self-determination and secession

...source of identity and a justification for their political actions. For example, nationalism. Journalists, historians and other writers offer explanations of both the real world events and the ideologies in play. For example, Edward Said on Palestine and the wider Arab-Israeli conflict. Some political theorists make a more abstract and careful analysis of the core...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Form and uses of language
History & The Arts

Form and uses of language

...open and honest with his single reader in each case – himself in his diary and Lady Ottoline in the letter – and felt no need in his attack to introduce the obscurity that he used in his ‘Protest’. In the third extract Sassoon stands back slightly to put his views into the mouth of his fictional character, George, but when he wrote this in 1930 there was no need...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...Open University course E109 Exploring perspectives on young children’s lives and learning...The family at the centre of early learning: Learning Outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: consider how a person’s childhood experiences of family practices and traditions can influence the way they parent their own children describe what companionable...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...Open University’s Arts and languages Access module, introduces you to contrasting understandings of graffiti. It draws on a wide range of different examples of graffiti, including mystery zebras in Hackney, fish graffiti in Morecambe, ‘tags’ in a Milton Keynes underpass, a McDonald’s advert and exhibits at a highly established art gallery, the Tate Modern. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?
Science, Maths & Technology

What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?

...Open University course S215 Chemistry: essential concepts...What chemical compounds might be present in drinking water?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand that in drinking water anions have a beneficial range of concentration above which they may have an adverse effect on either human health or the environment. Toxic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A blow to the head; a blow to rugby?

...more about sports and fitness, find videos, articles, games and free courses on OpenLearn. This topic will be covered further in a new Open University module coming soon. If you're interested in studying Sports and Fitness formally, explore more courses and qualifications we offer in this subject area. This article was first published on the OU Sports & Fitness blog....
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Article 5 mins
Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?
Money & Business

Are women under-represented at tech accelerators?

...open to all”. The well-rehearsed counter-argument to this imbalance is that this is merely a reflection of engineering and technology entrepreneurship – women just don’t feature prominently in the industry and the numbers in accelerator programmes reflects this. The evidence, however, indicates that within Europe women own around 15% of all science engineering and...
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Article 5 mins
Urbanism in Blade Runner
Science, Maths & Technology

Urbanism in Blade Runner

...open air markets and restaurants. Freeways are conspicuously absent and the streets are for pedestrians only. Granted, cars fly through the sky instead of on the ground and it’s hard to call a city laden with toxic waste and murderous robots walkable, but it’s still a far cry from the sprawling, car-centric Los Angeles we know today. The city as a machine Blade Runner...
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Article 5 mins