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Dying Matters Awareness Week
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying Matters Awareness Week

...research and teaching theme at the OU for over twenty years? Find out more on our research page. During this year's Dying Matters Awareness Week (8th-14th May 2022), we have curated a collection of free learning content from OpenLearn to open up the subject that many people still find difficult to talk about. This year, we're continuing our reources on being #InAGoodPlace...
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Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...children to have instilled into them.” Kerrie has been a school governor at a primary school near Llanelli for the past five years, and has recently put herself forward for a second four-year term of office. She has a professional background in governance, having worked as the Corporate Governance Manager at Dyfed-Powys Police before joining The Open University in...
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Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...centre and so on. Terry: So do you think these problems just exist in the city? Dr Lincoln Allison : No, there’s not even a real countryside any more in England, that is to say that people who live there are not engaged with agriculture, engaged with the earth at all for the most part, they may sit in church and sing we plough the fields and scatter but most of them are...
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The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future
Science, Maths & Technology

The role sustainable chemistry plays in shaping the planet's future

...research into sustainable chemistry is vital to reduce both the use of resources and the environmental impact of society on the planet...Find out more about The Open University's Chemistry courses. Sustainable use of resources must be considered because fossil fuels and other mined commodities are being depleted, and there is increasing demand from humanity. Achieving...
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What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...research and this idea that you need to get things right. As somebody who was interested in history to start off with, did that fascinate you more than daunt you? Do you like the fact that you have to familiarise yourself with certain things before you can begin the story, or does it not work that way for you? EMMA DARWIN: I’m equally fascinated and exasperated. I mean...
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How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...children. While the data is simply unavailable for women in the building trades, recent Department for Education figures suggests an alternative reason. Just five years after graduation, long before starting a family, women engineers and architects are already being paid less than their male counterparts. The lack of career progression that this suggests increases with...
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About Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

About Stories of Change

...researchers, politicians, business leaders and campaigners. These interviews have been recorded in support of the Stories of Change project. Roger has also drawn on the interviews for his BBC Radio series on climate change in advance of the key December 2015 climate talks at the 2015 Paris Conference of the Parties (‘COP21’). The £1.5m Stories of Change project has...
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Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...research interests lie in the relationships between music, theology and religious practice, and the history of music in Wales. His work on music, theology and religion has been principally focused on music and religious practice in Britain since the eighteenth century, and in the Methodist movement more widely. [Dr Helen Barlow] Dr Helen Barlow Senior Research Fellow,...
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