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Society, Politics & Law
Mashing up the Union Jack
Can Gil Doron’s intriguing proposals to remix different heritages in a national flag aid processes of cultural syncretism?
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Nature & Environment
Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
New freedoms for oil and gas exploration in US waters - and a reduction in regulation - could spell disaster for America's coasts, believes Donald Boesch.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Enduring Love
In this collection of audio and video podcasts, we ask how some couples manage to stay together for years, sometimes forever.
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Society, Politics & Law
Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Alan Shipman wonders if an 18th Century French aristocrat foresaw a twist in the Brexit vote that will trip up UK negotiators.
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Education & Development
Interdisciplinarity: A collection
Bringing together the best of interdisciplinary resources from across OpenLearn – could an "Open" qualification be right for you?
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Society, Politics & Law
How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
The 2017 election saw a stronger than foreseen performance by the Labour Party. Matt Walsh explains how Labour’s Facebook success played out, heralding the party’s overall campaign performance. GE2017 was a numbers game: by achieving very high levels of organic reach, Labour managed to target undecided voters in marginal constituencies, energise...
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Languages
Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
An Australian perspective on why making English skills a key part of Citizenship may do less for social cohesion than supporters of the idea believe.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Why has Donald Trump set his sights on the Moon?
The President has instructed NASA to build a camp on the Moon. It might be a better idea than trying to get straight to Mars, as this New Scientist short, sharp, science video explains.
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Money & Business
Does Brexit defy gravity?
Alan Shipman asks if research showing how trade declines with distance, endangers the vision of a post-Brexit UK thriving on global markets.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Sharenting: What is it and are you doing it?
Professor Lisa Lazard looks at the new digital phenomenon that is sharenting and considers whether it's a product of narcissism or societal pressures of parenting.
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Society, Politics & Law
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
What ethical decisions does burying nuclear waste involve, and how are we responsible to future generations?
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History & The Arts
Thirty-seven winters of discontent
Since the original 1978/79 Winter Of Discontent, any setback at any time between late summer and Easter has been garlanded with the same grim title.