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Child of Our Time: What do you think?

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 27 Feb 2013
By John Oates
If you've watched Child of Our Time, or you're interested in child development, let us know your thoughts and help with our research
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Find out more about child development in the early years

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Introductory Level Updated 26 Feb 2013
By John Oates
Download the Early Years Developmental Journal to find out more about child development in the early years, and how you can record a child’s progress.
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Watching the watchmen: CRISP researches the surveillance societies

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 01 Nov 2012
By Dr Kirstie Ball
Introducing CRISP - research into how surveillance and privacy shapes society.
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Secret or sharing? Play our Privacy Game

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 31 Oct 2012
What information are you happy to share - and what will you keep to yourself? Our privacy game gives you the chance to gamble with...
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Youth perspectives on cyber-bullying

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 16 Nov 2011
By Professor Mary Kellett
Monday 14th November marked the start of National Anti Bullying Week. A recent youth-led study supported by the Open University's Children’s Research Centre revealed cyber-bullying...
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Help us track flu

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 23 Aug 2011
We're inviting you to share details of your flu cases with us to assist The Open University with a study of how flu spreads.
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Are you ready to share your flu data?

Are you ready to share your flu data? Copyrighted imageCredit: Map: Roberto1977 Flu virus: Axel Kock | Dreamstime.com
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 23 Aug 2011
Are you ready to share details of your flu - or just want to see where cases are being reported?
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Helping machines translate: An interview with Dr Bill Byrne

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 26 Jul 2011
By Gareth Mitchell, Dr Bill Byrne
Translating isn't easy for machines - but the FAUST project is using the community to try and help them get better at it. Bill Byrne...
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Doing prison: Experiences of women in the UK prison system

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 22 Jun 2011
By Abigail Rowe
Does prison work for women inmates? Abigail Rowe spent time exploring the experiences of female prisoners to find out.
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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children Copyrighted imageCredit: Michalakis Ppalis | Dreamstime.com
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 25 May 2011
By Sara Bragg
Beyond the tabloid-fuelled rage at Playboy products apparently aimed at children is a much more nuanced relationship with the Bunny brand.
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Online market research

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Masters Level Duration 20 mins Updated 26 Apr 2013
By The iTunes U team
How has the arrival of the internet changed the nature of marketing research?
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Infants’ understanding of their social world

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Masters Level Duration 12 hours Updated 19 May 2013
By The Open University
Here we draw on a wide range of psychological research to address the question of whether infants have a rich understanding of their social world....
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The ‘why’ and ‘what’ of educational leadership and management

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Masters Level Duration 8 hours Updated 19 May 2013
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This unit introduces you to researching educational leadership and management and how undertaking research can contribute to both good practice and the building of leadership...
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Safari - skills accessing, finding and reviewing information

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Introductory Level Duration 15 hours Updated 19 May 2013
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We constantly need to find and use information, not only in the academic world but also in the course of our everyday lives and work....
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Psychological research, obedience and ethics

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Introductory Level Duration 5 hours Updated 19 May 2013
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In this unit you will learn about the importance of ethics in research that is undertaken by psychologists. You will read about the famous study...
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The social in social science

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The social in social science Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Advanced Level Duration 15 hours Updated 19 May 2013
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In a complex and rapidly changing world, social scientific study examines how we produce things, communicate, govern ourselves, understand our environments, and how to solve...
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Birth of a drug

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Advanced Level Duration 4 hours Updated 19 May 2013
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The search for new medicinal products is one of the major driving forces behind the development and application of new synthetic methods. This unit focuses...
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Renaissance art reconsidered

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Advanced Level Duration 600 hours Updated 17 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
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Renaissance art wasn’t just confined to Italy, as traditional courses would have it… discover new social, geographical and subject areas where its influence was felt.The...
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