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Social media: opportunities, risks and impact
Digital & Computing

Social media: opportunities, risks and impact

Whether you're studying, working, parenting or simply scrolling, social media shapes how we learn, communicate and engage with the world. This collection covers everything from digital literacy and fake news to education, health, politics and online identity.
Donald Trump, President elect: A collection
Society, Politics & Law

Donald Trump, President elect: A collection

This Friday, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. Experts from the OU and beyond share their insights into the man - and what his policies might mean for the world...[Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to a crowd in Arizona] To the victor, the spoils
My digital life
Digital & Computing

My digital life

Everything is becoming digital - what does this mean for your life?...[Business person working on keyboard against a technology background] As part of Make it Digital Season we have curated some content around the digital world and how it affects our daily lives:
60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage

...world. Fear of foreign competition once led countries to try and produce everything they needed, and impose heavy taxes to keep out foreign goods. However, economist David Ricardo showed that international trade could actually make everyone better off, bringing in one of the first great economic models. He pointed out that, even if a country can produce pretty much...
Capacities for managing development
Money & Business

Capacities for managing development

...world are managed is undergoing radical change. In the UK, local communities are buying forested land, to preserve forests for the greater benefit of society. In the developing world, forestry commissions are actively empowering villagers to engage in forest management and conservation. The video tracks on this album use case studies in the UK and in India to illustrate...
OpenLearn is 20
Miscellaneous

OpenLearn is 20

We're celebrating 20 years of free learning! Join us as we look back at how OpenLearn began, discover some surprising facts, explore how the world has changed over two decades and hear how OpenLearn helped Open University graduates. ...Transcript
Newry: Frontier town or border city?
Society, Politics & Law

Newry: Frontier town or border city?

...World War, children from Belfast were evacuated to Newry and its surrounding countryside. This link with Newry was never forgotten and Newry’s tourist industry has benefited as the region became a regular holiday destination for these children, their children and now their grandchildren. Of course the movement of population has not always been inward, the Newry of the...
Is Huawei's low-key approach the secret of its success?
Money & Business

Is Huawei's low-key approach the secret of its success?

...world’s most innovative and fastest-growing companies – Huawei. Since its founding in 1987, Huawei has grown to become one of the world’s largest telecoms companies, with revenue of $75 billion. Globally it employs 180,000 with nearly 60,000 of these based at the Shenzhen campus. Our overall aim is to understand their global innovation practices.* We want to...