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Europe’s Borders in Question
Society, Politics & Law

Europe’s Borders in Question

...Open or closed Europe? With the outsourcing of EU border controls and member states taking back control of their own borders, the overarching impression is of a territory closing in on itself, restricting the right of movement and blocking access. But that’s really only half the story. The OU geography module DD205 Living in a Globalised World teaches us that territory...
Religion and Violence
History & The Arts

Religion and Violence

...open but that which our country has taken.’ Such principles can also be used to justify violent opposition to oppressive regimes, as in the decision of the leading Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer to support the planned assassination of Hitler, and in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. However, because Christians take their inspiration from Jesus, who...
Climate change and renewable energy
Nature & Environment

Climate change and renewable energy

...Open University course U116 Environment: journeys through a changing world...Climate change and renewable energy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the basic principles of the atmospheric greenhouse effect and the term ‘Net Zero’ understand the human influences causing the anthropogenic or enhanced greenhouse effect...
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...Open University digital badge. The badge is a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject. What you learn by completing the course will really help if you wish to enrol on a formal qualification. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from your OpenLearn Profile. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn Statement of...
Free course 48 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...inadvertently 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...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic
Society, Politics & Law

Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic

...opening small businesses, restaurants and shops. The Canadian-Somali community is not without its struggles. There's unemployment, poverty and youth violence. And Canadian officials say they've intercepted or intervened in a number of cases involving Canadian youths set to join the Somalia-based militant organization al-Shabaab. But Hussen says the numbers are very small....
The author at home
History & The Arts

The author at home

...What does our interest in writers' belongings, manuscripts or other artefacts say about us? In this short film, Nicola Watson, Professor of English Literature at The Open University, gives a brief summary of some of the popular artefacts that people have visited at writers' houses since the phenomenon began... The Secret Life of Books - Find out more about the series....
What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the Minamata Convention on Mercury and what does it mean?

...opening of new mercury mines); others, in a few years – for example, the phaseout of the manufacture, import and export of mercury-added products takes effect in 2020,” says Sheila Longan of the Interim Secretariat of the Minamata Convention. Mercury is released naturally into the environment by volcanoes, forest fires and the weathering of rocks. However, most comes...