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Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned

...OU Economics hosted a seminar with Dr Ayobami Ilori, Lecturer and Staff Tutor at The Open University and Dr Moustafa Chatzouz, a macroeconomist, who leads the data science and fiscal policy modelling branch at HM Treasury. Trailer Watch the trailer below for the seminar, Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned. Transcript Learning...
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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...OU. Sometimes the material has been commissioned directly by our team; in these cases: The contributor will have been selected by an academic from the OU; A payment will have been offered to compensate the writer for their time; In most cases, the copyright in the content will be assigned to the OU; In most cases, the material will be published and made available under a...
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Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...OU A219 Course team. Bookmark this article and come back to review the questions, once you have spent some time looking at the other resources and exploring the map. [Fragment from Herodotus' Histories, Book VIII on Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 2099, dated to early 2nd century AD] Fragment from Herodotus' 'The Histories', Bk 8 on papyrus, early 2nd century AD How to read...
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Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen
Health, Sports & Psychology

Past and present: A 50-year celebration of British Sportswomen

...become World champion in 1993 and set a new World record (which remains the British 400m hurdle record to this day). Since Gunnell “no other woman has held Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic track titles concurrently”. But what other British sportswomen achieved success before and after her? If we turn the clock back 50 years to 1969, at the forefront of...
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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out
Society, Politics & Law

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

...student houses and youth hostels, and now house refugees. The peeling blue and grey paint is visible evidence of Olympic enthusiasm turned to detachment. Since 2013, four of the seemingly unkempt towers which stretch across this side of the city have been occupied by up to 1,400 people from around 30 countries. Italy faced the sharp end of the 2008 global financial...
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National Engineering Day
Science, Maths & Technology

National Engineering Day

...put together some fantastic free resources of the topic of engineering...You can read more about how The Open University is marking National Engineering Day 2024 with a striking new piece of digital artwork being virtually projected onto the OU’s Walton Hall building in Milton Keynes, UK: highlighting the contributions of four inspirational engineers. Discover more...
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Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...OU researchers from the Justice, Borders, Rights Research Stream on Citizenship and Governance explored from various disciplinary and artistic perspectives, issues of migration, citizenship and belonging at Tate Modern. Agnes Czajka, Senior Lecturer in POLIS at the OU and artist Eva Sajovic explored how climate change affects communities in Cuba, and how participatory art...
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Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland
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Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland

The hub has been funded by The Department for the Economy to assist new students to prepare for and settle into their studies at universities, university colleges and further education colleges across Northern Ireland. The hub has a range of OpenLearn online materials to help with digital learning, study skills, wellbeing and subject-specific materials.
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