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Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...out more about this, click on the links to these resources: Shou, shinou, ey: Five major Arabic dialects and what makes them unique Did you know?: The Evolution of the Arabic language in the Silk Roads 18 Ways to Say Thank You in Arabic – Sound Like a Local The reasons that drive people to learn Arabic are varied, as it is a language with a long scientific, literary,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...out of 140 organisations) have achieved the 30% target of women and men. However, the survey also highlighted low representation in other areas of diversity: only 5% of board members are from a BAME background and only 5% identified as having a disability. These figures are not specific to one gender and illustrates how difficult it can be even for men with these...
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Article 15 mins
Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...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...Week 1: I learn Chinese in the evening: Introduction - In this first week, you will learn how to refer to names of languages;...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...out that ‘[a]ll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights’ and are ‘endowed with reason and conscience’, and that ‘[e]veryone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms’ set out, ‘without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...out of the technical construct of the open-source methodology, we can identify quite a few networked collaborations that are transforming and often improving on the design process. Viewing free culture and the free sharing of media as evidence of collaboration is tempting, but the availability of work to be remixed and re-appropriated does not necessarily imply...
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Article 10 mins
Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...out of it; and I can only say of the general type, of richer or poorer, as I saw it in the streets, that it was uncommonly good. Not so many women as men were abroad in such weather as we had, and I cannot be sure that the sex shows there that superiority physically which it has long held morally with us. One learns in the north not to look for the beautiful color of the...
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Article 10 mins
The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...out more about them): Mr Bertie Ahern Bertie Ahern was first elected to the Dáil (Parliament) in 1977 he was Minister for Labour from March 1987 to November 1991 and was appointed Minister for Finance on three separate occasions from November 1991 to December 1994. He has served as Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), Minister for Arts, Culture & the Gaeltacht and Minister...
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Article 10 mins
How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...out about The Open University's Sociology courses and qualifications [The UK government's Ending Violence against Women and Girls strategy] The 2016 strategy paper from the UK Home Office on ending violence against women and girls, introduced by the-then Home Secretary Theresa May The ‘honour’ killing of Banaz Mahmod represents the tragic consequences of the failure...
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Article 10 mins