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Park Hill Estate
History & The Arts

Park Hill Estate

...open on one side, and exposed to the less clement Yorkshire climate. Park Hill was awarded a Grade 2* listing in 1998. Although an important milestone in the development of Modernist housing theory in post-war Britain, the public incredulity which greeted the award spoke volumes about the success of Park Hill and its 'streets in the sky'. Park Hill's history was explored...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy

...opens the way for corporations to maintain this market in ways that are often ironically less than idea. The move away from fossil fuels is used to promote potentially problematic industries like fracking and even nuclear energy. It also gives corporations greater power to decide the feasibility of these measures and what are appropriate environmental regulations and...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom

...open boardroom culture. However, critics point out that studies are ambiguous as to whether such quotas actually increase a company’s success. Perhaps even more worrying is that these efforts are quite narrowly focused – speaking only to the empowerment of elite women, and not to the general problems facing the vast majority of working women. For a critical...
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Doctor Who and human history
History & The Arts

Doctor Who and human history

...Open University's History courses and qualifications. [Matt Smith the Doctor] Doctor Who, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, is best known as a science fiction series. Think of the show, and you think of sci-fi concepts such as the TARDIS, and alien creatures like the Daleks or Cybermen. But, as the Doctor says to Rose of the TARDIS at the end of the...
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Campaigning for refugee and migrant women
Society, Politics & Law

Campaigning for refugee and migrant women

...Open University, one key aspect we train social workers in, is understanding the law. We train students to explore how they can act ethically as social workers, encouraging them to apply their power as practitioners to challenge social injustice within the law...[A Syrian mother carrying her daughter back to a safe place in Istanbul, Turkey] A Syrian mother carrying her...
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Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ambiguous loss: what it is and why is it important?

...opened again. It leaves us wondering to what extent the acrimony that can arise in such circumstances is caused, in part at least, by the pain and tension involved in wrestling with complex feelings brought about by ambiguous loss. There can also be situations where someone is in a deep coma and is unlikely to revive, but there remains hope that this will happen one day....
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Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...this? Browse through our host of free course materials on LearningSpace. 3. Or browse more topics on OpenLearn. 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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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...open to trade, which helps it become more competitive and innovative. But it also points out that greater openness means more exposure to financial market contagion, especially from the Eurozone, and that the task of maintaining a dynamic, well-regulated UK financial sector may “become more challenging as the euro area integrates further.” So while its report...
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