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Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people
Society, Politics & Law

Mugabexit: an opportunity for Zimbabwe to build resilient systems from resilient people

...world received, with wild celebrations, news that President Robert Mugabe had resigned from his position as leader of Zimbabwe, after more than 37 years in power. The news created a mood which was in stark contrast to what had been experienced just two days earlier on Sunday November 19th, when, on a television address, Mugabe did not announce his resignation as...
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Article 10 mins
A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...world. Similarly, Aristotle and Plato developed logical methods for examining the world around them. It was the Greeks who first suggested that matter was made up of atoms - fundamental particles that could not be broken down further. But it wasn't only the Greeks who moved science on. Science was also being developed in India, China, the Middle East and South America....
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The history of surfing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The history of surfing

...world, but just a few decades ago there were only a handful of places where you could surf properly. What changed to turn it into a global phenomenon?...Surfing legend begins with Polynesian and particularly Hawaiian prehistory, when surfing was ‘the sport of kings’ as well as commoners. Early Hawaiian surfing was on longboards carved from island trees and the action...
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50 years of sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

50 years of sport and fitness

...has rapidly developed since 1969. In this series of articles, we look back at the advances made in technology and sports medicine, successes of British sportswomen, world records and changes in various sports and fitness activites...Discover how sport has changed in the past 50 years Now take a free related course Study with the OU Read more on sports and risk taking...
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Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...world that had taken place only a couple of hours before; they only knew about it because of the satellite TVs in many of the cafés. The same TVs bring English Premier League football and American soaps. Taken together, these forces both unite and divide people in my home town in the English Midlands and the people of Trabzon. They make the world in some senses smaller...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
The story of the Welsh national anthem
History & The Arts

The story of the Welsh national anthem

...heritage: its poets, its musicians, and its language. A distinctive feature is its central pause for the poignant refrain ‘Gwlad! Gwlad!’ (literally ‘Country! Country!’). The report of the St David’s Day dinner in the Cardiff press was routine, but it prompted a letter in the South Wales Daily Post from Frederick Atkins, an Oxford-educated, English-born, Cardiff...
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Where are you really from?
Education & Development

Where are you really from?

...but my answer is still going to be Milton Keynes or maybe England, perhaps the UK. This is where I’m really from. As for my heritage and ethnic origin … well, it’s complicated. I’m extremely proud of it, but it’s personal and I should be permitted to share this information on my terms because I don’t need to justify the legitimacy of my identity to anyone....
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Writing what you know
History & The Arts

Writing what you know

...world about you and enable you to see the familiar things in everyday life in a new light. You will also learn how authors use their own personal histories to form the basis of their work...Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This free course, Writing what you know, will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs