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The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution

...open competition. The role of social critics Nevertheless, much as Huskisson and Baines celebrated the advance of manufactures, perceptions were also being shaped by social critics of the new industrial era. Against Baines’s book one might set Peter Gaskell’s The Manufacturing Population of England (1833), an indictment of a factory-based existence. There were...
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Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...how the environment is entangled with the cultural, the economic, the social, and the political. They also discuss how the new course draws upon cutting-edge research being carried out by the Open University’s academics. Environment and Society (DD213) will be a level two course and available for study from Autumn 2018. For more details visit the Online Prospectus....
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Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs
Society, Politics & Law

Fit for office - the dark triad and selection of MPs

...Open University. Further reading and references Caprara, G., Francescato, D., Mebane, M., Sorace, R., & Vecchione, M. (2010). Personality foundations of ideological divide: A comparison of women members of parliament and women voters in Italy. Political Psychology, 31(5), 739-762. Silvester, J., Wyatt, M., & Randall, R. (2014). Politician personality, Machiavellianism,...
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Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View
Society, Politics & Law

Sylvia Pankhurst: The Expert View

...Open University co-production Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) was a socialist feminist. She played an important part in the women’s suffrage movement, in socialist and revolutionary politics and was a pioneering force in developing an understanding of imperialism, racism and fascism. During the suffrage campaign she not only braved the horrors of hunger striking and...
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...Open University's History courses and qualifications and Early Years courses and qualifications. [Children in tent - Corbis] When I look back on my own childhood in the 1970s and 80s and compare it with children today, it reminds me of that famous sentence ‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’ (from L. P. Hartley’s novel The Go-Between)....
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Ramadan: What do you need to know?
Education & Development

Ramadan: What do you need to know?

...Open Quran with pots of tea during Ramadan.] So, when is Ramadan? In 2026, Ramadan begins on 17th February. Muslims follow the lunar calendar so the exact start and end dates depend on the sighting of the moon. The festival of Eid-ul-Fitr follows Ramadan and will take place around 19th March. What is Ramadan? Ramadan is the name of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar....
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The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...open it in a new tab.] The polar regions receive less solar energy than close to the Equator because of the shape of the planet and because the solar radiation has to pass through more atmosphere. The seasons occur because the axis of Earth’s rotation is at an angle to the Sun. This angle is also responsible for the latitude of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...Runners© unknown Tennis player Spiralz (Flickr) Made available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. (C) Getty 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 5 hrs