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The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...economic power in its own right. Yet there were strong local traditions, rooted in Punic culture, that told of a long history of rivalry, and resistance to Rome’s might. Was it possible for these cultural and political differences to be worked out? How far could the peoples of North Africa come to identify with a Roman life-style? And in Judaea, Jewish religious...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...economic and political implications. The end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century are often compared to other historical periods of great technological change such as the Industrial Revolution. This is because of the huge changes that are happening in many aspects of life. The terms information society and network society have been used...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...economic model, how demand and supply affect house prices and discuss the consequences for different types of household understand, with the aid of the household financial balance sheet, why housing may be viewed as a store of wealth...Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing: 1 Buy or rent? - Attitudes to buying or renting vary a good deal across countries. A few...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...economic disruption of [a global epidemic].” And even though WHO has declined to deem this outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern,” or PHEIC, they, too, admit the threat of global spread is unnerving. “When you ask how afraid we are, the answer is that we’re trying to vaccinate over 30 million people this year in two large urban areas in...
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Article 5 mins
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...economic and social security has allowed Germans to forget the safe conditions that made this development possible. Read: Germany faces one of its greatest political challenges since World War II What, then, is to be done? Dennis Shen, writing for the LSE's EUROPP blog, suggests that what Europe has tried so far hasn't worked well, and calls for a new approach: One fact...
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Article 30 mins
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...Economic & Social Research Council blog, suggests that in half a century's time, we may have made those desicions: I argue that this case perfectly illustrates the importance of feminist sociology and of incorporating its research findings and theoretical concepts into a wider scientific and social context. If this incorporation will continue to take place over the next...
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Video 10 mins
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...economic activity other than the tiny ‘warung’ enterprises found in every village, where cigarettes, cake and hair shampoo could be bought in single serves, and petrol for motor scooters was distributed in Coca Cola bottles. Of course, physical characteristics of their island also shaped the way in which the villages sought to sustain their livelihoods: did the...
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Video 15 mins
Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?
Education & Development

Distance education: Do students believe it should be fun?

...Economics (CEE, 2018): ‘Making lessons fun does not help students to learn’. Fun is considered unnecessary with little value for many institutions, mainly due to the belief that strict traditional teaching methods are the most effective, even those that are not enjoyable for students. Conversely, other researchers have identified the positive impacts of fun in...
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Article 20 mins