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Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?
Society, Politics & Law

Could a progressive alliance remake UK politics?

...opening up to different cultures and nationalities from around the world. And there is certainly a lot more to sell in the rewards of leading a greener life. But when do we see mainstream politicians championing any of these things? I can count on one hand the politicians who, in my lifetime, have proudly championed the European Union. And, apart from the Liberal...
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Planetary Protection of Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Mars

...Open University’s campus in Milton Keynes. [: A photograph of the Beagle 2 spacecraft with four engineers, within a cleanroom.]Assembly of the Beagle 2 Mars lander in the Aseptic Assembly Facility at the Open University in Milton Keynes. Beagle 2 landed on Mars in 2003 but did not communicate with Earth and was presumed lost until identified on images taken from orbit...
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Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...Inc. All other materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. 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 1: Introductory 12 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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic

...Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Background 2020 and 2021 have been described as years like no other; “unprecedented times” was a phrase often used as a way of capturing the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for railway workers working life carried on as normal in so far as they all booked on for duty, facing the public on a daily basis and...
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Introducing the Classical world
History & The Arts

Introducing the Classical world

...S. and Spawforth, A, “The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilisation” © 1998, Oxford Univeresity 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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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Can science make you a better leader?
Money & Business

Can science make you a better leader?

...resources, then generally the first thing to be sacrificed was a focus on purpose and ethics. As one leader in a central government department said: “When you work really, really hard and things get stressed, you focus on the task rather than on the individual.” Another constraint faced by organisations is the difficulty of creating and embedding a single, clear,...
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How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...resources available to you in the best way you can. It’s this that results in the ‘hidden meanings’ that articles in the popular press delight in exposing to their readers, when they pruriently reveal that, for instance, ‘the snapping camera can be used by someone looking for sexting to be taken to the next level’. In fact, examples such as this are just a...
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