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Thirty-seven winters of discontent
History & The Arts

Thirty-seven winters of discontent

...article by Henry Kissinger offering helpful advice to the Soviet leader, Newsweek declared 1989 to be Mikhail Gorbachev's winter of discontent. The reasons? Perestroika stuttering; nations demanding autonomy; consumer goods shortages and problems with entrenched government bureaucracies. 1990 Winters of discontent are no respecters of political ideology, so the next year...
7 accidental discoveries that look like April Fool's Day headlines but aren't
Science, Maths & Technology

7 accidental discoveries that look like April Fool's Day headlines but aren't

...article on the processes involved with putting food and drink on the plate. 6. Nomad accidentally invents one of the world’s most popular foods [block of cheese] Legend has it that cheese was discovered by an Arab nomad five thousand years ago as he travelled across a desert on a horse. To sustain him during his journey, he filled a saddlebag with milk to drink. But...
Can I take a feed of OpenLearn content?
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Can I take a feed of OpenLearn content?

...articles and interactive learning content... Choose the 'Explore' RSS feed. If you want the 25 most recently published courses... Choose the RSS most recent feed. And, if you find a piece of OpenLearn content that is in an area you're particularly interested in, clicking the 'feeds' tab at the foot of that page offers a range of feeds of similar content - from the same...
Kickstart your health and fitness with OpenLearn
Health, Sports & Psychology

Kickstart your health and fitness with OpenLearn

...to improve our health and fitness but sometimes we need a bit of help and inspiration. It's easy to put off making changes in lifestyle when you don't know how to take those important first steps to a better diet and exercise. So we've compiled some free courses and articles to inform and motivate you. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses....
Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ordinary dying and the Queen: Reflections on a case study

...article examines what it means and what this case study reveals...Find out more about The Open University’s Health and Social Care courses. This article is reproduced with kind permission of Marie Curie. Shortly after Queen Elizabeth II died in early September, renowned palliative care consultant, Dr Kathryn Mannix outlined on Twitter how the Queen’s death might be an...
What is a digital carbon footprint?
Nature & Environment

What is a digital carbon footprint?

...article examines the impact...Find out about The Open University's Environment courses Carbon footprint According to the World Meteorology Organisations, the occurrence of extreme climate events has increased by more than a factor of five in the last 50 years. In their 2021 report, they state that the number of reported climate disasters rose from 711 in the 1970s to...
Unlocking the diversity of the past
History & The Arts

Unlocking the diversity of the past

...article from The North Wales Chronicle, 1837 - Courtesy of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales [Clipping from South Wales Echo] Newspaper article from the South Wales Echo, 1897 - Courtesy of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales [Clipping from the Cambria Daily Leader, 30 May 1917 ] Newspaper article from The Cambria Daily...
Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...articles, such as this one, which explain each theme and you can find out more about this overall Hub here. References Manpower Group (2015) The Flux Report. Available at: https://www.manpowergroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/The-Flux-Report_whitepaper.pdf (Accessed: 11 March 2021). CBI (2019) CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey. Available at: