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...Open University (including deletion of your OpenLearn/OU account), please complete the relevant contact form: (Please note the link doesn’t seem to work on Chrome so please access via other browsers) • UK: https://www.open.ac.uk/contact/new, choose the subject of query: delete online account • Non-UK: https://www.open.ac.uk/request/marketing-forms/email-us-form-int,...
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Design ecologies animation
Science, Maths & Technology

Design ecologies animation

...resource flows...Renowned marine biologist Rachel Carson, in her influential book Silent Spring (1962), stressed the interconnectedness of nature, echoing the sentiment of polymath Leonardo da Vinci, who believed that ‘everything connects to everything else’. Today, we build on their insights, recognising the crucial importance of understanding the connections, causes...
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Stargazing on a budget
Science, Maths & Technology

Stargazing on a budget

...Open University makes the following recommendations: "4" to 5" reflector telescopes: many imported Russian ones are available for under £300. Pros: They are cheap, sturdy and have good optics (i.e. give very sharp images). Cons: They are heavy and not very portable, difficult to upgrade, and rather basic. Celestron and Meade have a variety of 5" and below reflectors...
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Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness

...season, the smells that meet your nose, how the temperature feels on your skin and savour being in that particular moment. Transcript This resource is part of the 'Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage. Like this? Try our FREE courses...
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Public health approaches to infectious disease
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Public health approaches to infectious disease

...Open University’s HEAT (Health Education and Training) team. If you are interested, you can see all the modules on the HEAT website. The focus in the modules is on infectious disease and its prevention, diagnosis, treatment and control, but the curriculum also includes modules on non-communicable diseases and mental health. Slide 42 (26:34) There is an increasing focus...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...education. The church is not represented here but the trio sitting in judgement on a son of toil are like an unholy trinity and they occupy a god like place on the raised platform. In fact, there is a carefully thought out structure here as the flattened pyramid shape is actually the ziggurat or crepidoma, an ancient temple structure for the shrines of the gods. It was a...
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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...Open University initiative finds out...[Older woman and young woman on a hommock next to a lake] It is great for everybody to get outdoors once in a while. But that is not so easy if you are living with dementia living either in community, or in a care home. The Parks Trust in Milton Keynes and The Open University are working together to evaluate a new initiative - 5 Ways...
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