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Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...Management Rules and posted a draft online on March 25 for a one-month consultation period. The new requirement stipulates that all websites hosted in China must register their domain names with authorized domestic domain name service providers in order to gain access to the Chinese network. [Headquarters of CNNIC, China's domain name registrar] The headquarters of CNNIC,...
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Article 5 mins
10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)
History & The Arts

10 things that ended in 2006 (when OpenLearn was born)

...manager [Sven-Göran Eriksson] 'Sven, Sven, Sven-Göran Eriksson' (sing it!) was the first foreign manager of the England national team. His 5-year reign spanned 67 matches with England winning 40 and losing 10. The Football Association announced that Eriksson would leave his role in 2006, a decision that was met with several protests and a "Save Our Sven" campaign from...
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Article 10 mins
Black History Month 2022 talks
Education & Development

Black History Month 2022 talks

...Manager for Diversity and Inclusion at the Royal Academy of Engineering, discusses his book, Anti-Racism in Higher Education: An Action Guide for Change. Dr Verma will endeavour to constructively disrupt the higher education sector through ambitious actions and collective, participatory and evidence-informed responses to racism. The talk will consider a roadmap for senior...
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Video 3 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...manage complexity. A film is one of those projects where anything can and usually does go wrong. Video 1 Bharat talks about the cost and complexity of film production This week will provide more information about jobs within numerous production departments. Making a film takes a lot of work, and there are a lot of moving parts. It can only be completed through the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...introduction to the skills that can help frame a successful research project. Beginning with an outline of the research process and how to get a project started, the course then moves on to a discussion of other key steps including production of a literature review and evaluation of appropriate research methodologies; the course also highlights the importance of ethical...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Oldest Generation
Society, Politics & Law

The Oldest Generation

...Project 7 of Timescapes, the first major qualitative longitudinal study of older people to be funded in the UK. This audio recording samples parts of the diaries from members of The Oldest Generation project, who have been asked to document their day to day routines, with the aim of showing how major events affect the lives of the older generation... The Oldest Generation...
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Audio 18 mins
Adventure in the Amazon
Nature & Environment

Adventure in the Amazon

...Project COBRA The Open University is currently participating in Project COBRA, a research project which empowers local indigenous communities in the North Rupununi to promote their own community solutions to current and emerging challenges. Our aim is to promote local indigenous solutions to current and emerging challenges through the use of accessible information and...
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Activity 10 mins
About Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

About Stories of Change

...project aims to help to revive stalled public and political conversations about energy by looking in a fresh way at its past, present and future. These interviews have been recorded by the BBC’s Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin to capture the thinking of leading players in climate change and energy debates at a critical moment in the global conversation. Roger is one...
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Article 5 mins