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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?

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. Germany has discovered a new 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...
Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...Open University's Environment courses. Digital carbon footprints and the remote workforce Today many companies find themselves at the intersection of two global workforce megatrends – distributed, remote workforces and the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation. These two trends have disrupted the notion of the workplace and the employer’s sphere of workforce...
Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...Open University's History courses and qualifications and Early Years courses and qualifications. [Children in tent - Corbis] When I look back on my own childhood in the 1970s and 80s and compare it with children today, it reminds me of that famous sentence ‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’ (from L. P. Hartley’s novel The Go-Between)....
Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather
Society, Politics & Law

Weather derivatives - the financialization of weather

...course - DD213, which studies the entanglements between society and the environment. And explores how financial markets are being a solution to some of the risks to firms and their profitability presented by nature. It broadly looks at how weather such as severe drought, too much rainfall, unusually warm winters and so on, can be quantified and turned into financial...
Happy Birthday Harry Potter!
Miscellaneous

Happy Birthday Harry Potter!

...pal Ron Weasley did on his 17th birthday, you can dig into our range of magical resources. We've got articles on the a range of exciting themes, spells and observances in Harry Potter, a piece on the use of magical creatures in children's novels as well as free writing courses to help you pen a brilliant story - all allowing you to learn in a fun manner for free. Always....
OpenLearn Live: 2018 World Cup Special
Health, Sports & Psychology

OpenLearn Live: 2018 World Cup Special

...to the winner of the FIFA World Cup New for 2018 A line-up of articles fresh for this year's tournament - including, erm, the very first International match report, which is new in the way the fresh pies at the ground are fresh. Try a sporty course From the bench Some of our classic football coverage - all firmly from this side of England's last World Cup win, though....
Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...the joker and it begs the question if we create heroes will we also create villains? Explore superheroes in more detail Want to find out more about contemporary sport? The Open University has produced a new module 'Exploring contemporary issues in sport and exercise' which has it's first presentation in October 2016. Visit our course page to find out more and sign up....
Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?

...open up to the possibility of a diplomatic resolution. After 20 months of negotiations, framework agreements, extensions and the most intensive diplomatic engagement between the US and Iran since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was agreed in July 2015. As has been highlighted before, when the deal was struck, the...