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The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...think that was sort of my GCSEs, sort of where I’m 14, 15, because until then I hated school. Because of my dyslexia it meant I wasn’t progressing and I wasn’t reading as well as I should for my age. And also I didn’t like reading, because reading was sort of a bit of a struggle. But then I started finding that I was sort of quite scientific, quite logical, and I...
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10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...think more to the point we’re in a very interesting juncture in a whole lot of areas. It just feels like a sort of 1989 doesn’t it, in which we’re having a bonfire of all sorts of beliefs and institutions and I suppose myths one might say, and vanities, bonfire of the vanities, as we kind of reassess all sorts of things that have perhaps not gone quite as planned....
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Social media - fake news, filter bubbles and sharing wisely!
Education & Development

Social media - fake news, filter bubbles and sharing wisely!

...Think before you tweet! Oh dear Frank, you really should think more carefully before posting on social media - learn this valuable lesson at Frank's expense! Transcript Who reads what you write online? Aunt Mabel, pals from the pub, your best friend's ex wife - who are you talking to when you post online? Transcript Filter bubbles and fake news Have you ever noticed you...
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What are the benefits of creative play at home?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of creative play at home?

...thinking and their concerns, there’s a lot to be said for creative play. This article explores the benefits and gives some top tips for creativity...[crayons with a young person drawing in the background] We all have the capacity to be creative, but we sometimes need a nudge in the right direction to spark an idea. Imagination is key – a stick can become a sword; a...
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Why this hub was created
Education & Development

Why this hub was created

...systemic racism. [A photograph of footballer Marcus Rashford kneeling on a football pitch] Marcus Rashford is among many footballers taking the knee before football games It was thought that presenting these resources on OpenLearn, a free platform hosted by The Open University, would be the ideal way to ensure these materials are accessible to everyone and to play a part...
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Mission to Titan
Science, Maths & Technology

Mission to Titan

...System, and its extraordinary results will be studied in the world’s leading scientific journals for years to come... Mission to Titan An brief introduction to this album. The Cassini-Huygens Probe Adam Hart-Davies introduces one of the most ambitious space exploration missions ever launched. Titan: first glimpse OU professor John Zarnecki shows the first ever panoramic...
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An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...think about problems of crime and justice in new ways, going beyond everyday understandings...An introduction to crime and criminology: 1 Fear and fascination with crime and criminals - Have you thought about where your ideas about crime and ‘the criminal’ come from and what it is that has drawn you to being interested in this subject? It is sometimes the case that...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...system, only at sub-second speeds. Just as the postal service enables people to send one another envelopes containing messages, the internet enables computers to send one another small packets of digital data. (BBC, 2014) Almost all adults (91%) in the UK use the internet and adults with disabilities are increasing their use of the internet too (78% of those with reported...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs