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Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?
History & The Arts

Was Alcibiades the Athenian Donald Trump?

...system of government is always a dirty business. But the Athenian political system is tied particularly closely to our own because it was – I’m tempted to say first and foremost – a spectator sport. Much of the time, meetings of the Athenian Assembly resembled an explosive televised debate, as politicians vied with each other in what was often the equivalent of a...
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Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update

...System (NLS) that operates below the Premier League and Football League for semi-professional teams. For many seasons there have been ongoing debates about how best to structure and organise the NLS both in terms of promotion and relegation places and the regulations required to compete at each level. As with the NLS creating an open and balanced pyramid league system in...
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Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...system provide examples of some of the ways in which critical criminology has conceptually approached and researched ‘race’ and ethnicity...Race, ethnicity and crime: The US, Australia and the UK - The relationship between race and ethnicity and crime and criminology is characterised by conflict, dispute and contestation. The focus of explanatory concern for critical...
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Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Marxism and Marketing
Money & Business

Marxism and Marketing

...system, should we expect all market opportunities to be exploited regardless of moral implications? What conclusions can be drawn when we apply Neo-Marxist thinking to the marketing of white cider, and its impact on the consumers it targets? In this audio collection The Open University’s Andrew Lindridge, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, uses this unique example to...
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Audio 8 mins
Supply chains: healthcare
Science, Maths & Technology

Supply chains: healthcare

...systems function smoothly? This album focuses on the different roles of B.Braun, a large supplier of medical equipment which also provides customised services for patients. In this time-critical setting, their supply chain processes must be organised with scrupulous efficiency. This material forms part of The Open University course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy...
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Video 50 mins
Open Mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Open Mathematics

...systems are in place. The material forms part of the course MU120 Open Mathematics... Open Mathematics A short introduction to this album. Running Trains Safely Steam trains in the valley of the River Severn - ensuring the train service meets customer demand and ensures safety. Journeys as Graphs The timetable in action and the practical challenges a timetabler faces....
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Audio 25 mins
Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...systems, albeit at enormous human cost. Keynes pointed out that treating the economy of a nation as equivalent to that of a household is entirely misguided; he named it the “fallacy of composition”. Constraining incomes and expenditure merely diminishes national aggregate demand, thereby discouraging private investment (since market expectations become poorer)....
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How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth

...systems operate to form our environment. Every planet except one in the Solar System has a gaseous atmosphere, as do some moons and even some dwarf planets. Why does the Earth’s atmosphere make it so perfect as a home for life? The Earth’s atmosphere The atmosphere is thin and light, a gas that is only bound to the solid mass of the Earth by gravity. The mass of the...
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