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Remembering Thatcherism
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Thatcherism

...his officials in the Department of Education, reportedly went through some Open University courses in search of Marxist bias. Hopefully they found something to stimulate their interest. The Higher Education agenda, with its current focus on ‘employability’ and ‘customers’, could be one area, at least, where Thatcherism can be said to have won – for now anyway....
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Article 10 mins
Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia

...educate the general public on issues of concern, to mobilise political will and resources to address global problems, and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity. Many days of observance are championed by national, regional and international organisations such as the UN. World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th of June every year, not long after Africa...
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Article 15 hrs 45 mins
Scotland's gold trail
Nature & Environment

Scotland's gold trail

...opens-255m-precious-metal.html Scotgold Resources Ltd: ‘Cononish Project: Background and activity information relating to Cononish Gold and Silver Project’: www.scotgoldresources.com/projects/cononish-project/ BBC News ‘The rollercoaster ride of Scotland's first gold mine’, from 2 December 2020: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-54886709 Loch Lomond...
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Activity 5 mins
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Remembering Gary Slapper
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Gary Slapper

...Open University and contributor to OpenLearn and Open2.net - has died...[Gary Slapper] Gary Slapper Carol Howells, senior lecturer in law with The OU Law School, writes: It is with great sadness that the death of Professor Gary Slapper is announced. Gary first joined the OU in 1997 and was instrumental in the founding of the OU Law School and the UK’s first taught...
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Article 5 mins
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Introduction to Working with Young People
Education & Development

Introduction to Working with Young People

...Open University course E131 Introduction to working with young people... Music at the Madcap Centre Young people explore their musical abilities with Steve, a musician with a talent for working with young people.. Making Music Together Recording a DJ set, designing a cd cover, and a guitar lesson. Behind the scenes the facilitators discuss the group's teamwork. Cooler...
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Video 1 hr 28 mins
Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?
History & The Arts

Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?

...resources to help understand ‘The Histories’ alongside the Hestia project. We direct you to other resources so that you may extend your enquiry by comparing accounts, cross-referencing evidence, or verifying sources...In this third intermediate activity in the OpenLearn Herodotus Collection, we suggest you take a look at two different annotations for the first few...
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Activity 5 mins