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Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...guides to policy making. The dominant human rights discourse can appear universal since the decline of Cold War barriers to international regulation. The move to a world dominated by a single superpower has given the illusion that a particular definition of human rights as a policy instrument is universal. Nonetheless, a strong case can be made that the meaning of...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...University course M815 Project Management. You might also be interested in the OpenLearn course Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO), which looks at the roles and responsibilities in effective project governance and how this can be supported by a project management office...Managing virtual project teams: Learning outcomes - After studying this course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Developing reading skills in relation to the Social Sciences

...University; Ross Ferguson Social Sciences lecturer at The Open University; Gordon Hughes Social Sciences lecturer at The Open University. Activity 1 To prepare for this critical reading of Social Science texts you should now listen to the audio file, Developing Reading Skills, in which Ross Fergusson talks to John Clarke about reading original texts and extracts....
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
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Surviving the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Surviving the 21st Century

...University's Dr Stephen Serjeant interviewed him ahead of the 2010 Reith Lectures to find out what the future of humanity might be and whether we can really estimate the chance of life in space... An introduction: Surviving the 21st Century A short introduction to this album. Surviving the 21st Century Open University Professor Stephen Serjeant interviews Martin ahead of...
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Audio 14 mins
Letter to a Climate Sceptic
Nature & Environment

Letter to a Climate Sceptic

...University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit, became symbolic of public mistrust in climate science. In this audio, in the form of an open letter, The Open University’s Dr Joe Smith defends the science behind climate change and argues that “climate change is one of the challenges of the age. One that we will all be judged for”... Letter to a Climate Sceptic...
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Audio 8 mins
Spectacular Flirtations
History & The Arts

Spectacular Flirtations

...University Art History professor, Gill Perry takes us through The National Portrait Gallery and explores the relationship between 18th Century art and theatre and the notion of actresses and their portraits as seductive, beguiling objects. Gill also looks at parallels in the ways contemporary female stars use media images to promote themselves as celebrities......
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Video 3 mins
Urban trees - could towns and cities become forests?
Nature & Environment

Urban trees - could towns and cities become forests?

...credits and acknowledgments This video was written and presented by Dr Philip Wheeler and produced by The Open University in Wales. Learn more with OpenLearn [Open Talks from The Open University in Wales] Open Talks is a video series where Open University academics share their expertise and passion on a subject or issue of their choice. Watch more from Open Talks...
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Video 8 mins