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Climate change and the importance of COP26
Nature & Environment

Climate change and the importance of COP26

...research relevant to climate change. It has more than seven thousand staff and nearly 200,000 students who will be affected by climate change, let alone the millions of learners using OpenLearn. This climate change page brings together existing OpenLearn content that is directly relevant to climate change which you can study but will also feature a series of weekly...
Science and the Psychics - Quiz
Health, Sports & Psychology

Science and the Psychics - Quiz

...Research founded? a. 1882 b. 1932 c. 1982 The answer is: a. 9. Which Noel Coward play features a ghost called Elvira? a. Present Laughter b. Blithe Spirit c. The Vortex The answer is: b. 10. And finally, which of these is the correct answer? We're not telling you the question - you'll need to use luck and psychic power to get it right...! a. b. c. The answer is: b. back...
How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can I support bereaved neurodivergent children?

...researched, there is evidence that neurodivergent people may experience grief, as well as the social practices around death and bereavement, differently from others. This is thought to be related to their neurodivergence – in the differences in how their brains process information, including the environment around them, social interactions, and their own emotions....
Unlikely Leaders
Money & Business

Unlikely Leaders

...Researcher Nicholas Logie nominates conductor Sir Simon Rattle as his 'Unlikely Leader.' Richard Feynman Senior Lecturer, Dept of Physical Sciences Liz Parvin nominates physicist Richard Feynman as her 'Unlikely Leader'. Nicola Adams Senior Lecturer in Sport and Fitness Ben Oakley nominates Olympic Boxing Champion Nicola Adams as his 'Unlikely Leader.' Unlikely Leaders...
Key Ideas in Therapy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Key Ideas in Therapy

...researchers stressed the importance of looking beyond the individual - to their relationships and to the wider social systems they live in. The ‘systemic view’ is interested in how these factors impact on individual well-being and distress. This film tells the story of the development of systemic ideas and provide an understanding of how the client context is of value...
Handel: A Classical Icon
History & The Arts

Handel: A Classical Icon

...his own style of biblical concert drama. Handel's Samson Oratorio Extract Donald Burrows introduces an authentic recording, performed by Harry Christopher and The Sixteen. Professor Donald Burrows' Research This is a special time for Handel scholars. Donald Burrows talks about the conferences and performances taking place this year, and describes his latest projects....
What is COVID-19?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is COVID-19?

...researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles found that under optimal conditions the virus may survive for up to 24 hours on cardboard surfaces and perhaps as long as 72 hours on plastic or stainless steel. Viruses, unlike bacteria, are unable to multiply in the environment, and further work is required to elucidate the infective potential of virus particles...
Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution
Society, Politics & Law

Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution

...Research I’ve conducted with colleagues at the Open University and the University of Leeds shows how platforms can work. But they also face the challenge of maintaining their democratic nature and not becoming centralised and more commerically-driven. For-profit democratic sharing economy platforms are very few and far between (we couldn’t identify any successful...