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Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...out in her contempt for authority for authorities sake, she challenged pomp and ceremony and she staunchly believed in women and young girls and the potential for their impact on society from the ground up. Mo died in 2005 when I was 21 and she was just 54 years old. It would be a mistake to assume that everyone has heard of Mo Mowlam. They haven’t. In fact many people...
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Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses Accessing face-to-face counselling can be difficult.However, many people have been found a different kind of therapy very valuable: Walking Therapy. You may also like to listen to our podcast here. Two things come to mind when we think of walking and outdoors: both are immensely beneficial for our physical...
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Article 15 mins
Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...out more about our Take 5 to Age Well campaign click here. [A green banner with the text 'nutritition' and the image of an apple] Good nutritional habits can help us prevent and/or manage diabetes, obesity and hypertension. Our brain also needs nutrients and is very sensitive when it doesn’t get what it needs to function well. It’s important to be aware of your own...
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Article 5 mins
Properties of gold
Science, Maths & Technology

Properties of gold

...out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications [vial of gold] Why is gold so expensive? Gold is an unusual metal in that it predominantly exists in the Earth’s crust as the element (so-called ‘native’ gold); that is, it’s not chemically combined with other elements. Silver and copper are the only other metals naturally found in their...
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Article 10 mins
Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...out and expanding brackets. This section also looks at algebraic fractions. Section 5 covers linear equations and introduces you to solving, checking and using simple linear equations. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course MU123 Introduction to algebra...Introduction to algebra: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...out who carries the gene, and who therefore might pass the disease onto their children even though they themselves are unaffected. Here the aim is to enable couples to make informed choices about whether or not to have children, and if so whether they might have a genetic disease studies 'proteins'. Starting with a simple analysis of the molecular make up, the course...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Creating open educational resources
Education & Development

Creating open educational resources

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Creating open educational resources: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: state personal motivation for producing and using OERs evaluate some examples of educational resources for active open learning plan a structured learning experience using a range...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Dan Rees - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dan Rees - Earth in Vision

...out individual ones. Life on Earth was a huge influence on me, as it was, I think, for an awful lot of people who were around in 1979 when that came out, because it changed the game so radically, it was so new for everybody. I was only eight at the time, but I was still blown away by what I was seeing on the screen, so that was a massive, very powerful memory for me in...
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