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History & The Arts
The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
How did the Levellers help shape the early internet? And are allotments and organic gardens radicalism in the earth?
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Digital & Computing
Systems diagramming
Please note: This course contains a Flash activity which is no longer playable. It is being updated. This course can still be studied, but you may like to postpone your study for now if you would rather have the full experience.
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Nature & Environment
Sir David Attenborough and The Open University
Sir David Attenborough and The Open University have had a long-standing relationship since the university's birth. David explains how that relationship came about and how it has developed over the years.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Is norovirus an economic threat?
Is the loss to the global economy of the "winter vomiting virus" hard to swallow?
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Society, Politics & Law
Immigration detention: what's the problem with privatisation?
Who's profitting from the misery of the detainees? This article questions the issue of privatisation in Immigration Removal Centres.
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Society, Politics & Law
Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?
With elections for the welsh Assembly taking place in a fortnight, are voters getting a clear picture?
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Society, Politics & Law
How the stove changed the kitchen
The introduction of the gas stove more than a hundred years ago completely changed the way we use the kitchen—and the rest of our homes.
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Society, Politics & Law
Scotland Votes 2016: Campaign snapshots
On May 5th, Scotland votes in a parliamentary election. Here's a quick round-up of what's happening on the campaign.
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Society, Politics & Law
New York Minutes: What do the NY primaries tell us about the 2016 Presidential election?
Last night [19th April] the voters of New York took their turn to choose candidates for the 2016 Presidential Election. What did their activity tell us?
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Society, Politics & Law
Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?
One of the central planks of Donald Trump's campaign for President has been the pledge to build a wall between the US and Mexico. In a personal opinion piece, Lisa Wade explains why a wall might exacerbate the problem he's hoping it will solve.
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Society, Politics & Law
What is happening in Brazil?
The Brazilian Parliament voted on Sunday [17th April 2016] to begin impeachment proceedings against the nation's president. How did it come to this?
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Society, Politics & Law
Can the way research is reported play into sexist assumptions?
The way much research on sexual differentiation is conducted and communicated has come under intense criticism from scholars in both the natural and social sciences. Cliodhna O’Connor describes how traditional gender stereotypes are projected onto scientific information and its subsequent reporting. But the dynamics of online spaces have also ...