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Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world
Science, Maths & Technology

Europa: Jupiter’s ocean world

...In the coming years, data returned from ESA’s JUICE and NASA’s Europa Clipper missions will be able to shed some light on whether or not Europa might be habitable for life. Until then, space scientists, including those in AstrobiologyOU, use computer modelling or create Europa-like environments in the laboratory to understand its environment and potential for life....
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'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...data as of 30 June 2013 showed that there were 10,000 black men in prison, and this is four times their number in the general population. Youth Justice figures for England and Wales during 2012-13 showed that 21 per cent of young people (under 18) held in custody in the secure estate were from a Black ethnic background, even though they represented only eight per cent on...
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...data possible, the best analysis possible, but you don't have the skill set to learn the message with the coach, develop the relationship, present that data in the most compelling bite size or big picture way, whatever it needs to be. Learn the message is a key thing that we look for in that process. Discussion Chris identifies the starting point as building close working...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...analysis of economic mechanisms and of the economic policy of nations, at a time when economics did not yet exist as a self-standing discipline. However, Smith was only interested in economics as part of his larger concern for the contemporary development of European society. The recent progress of manufacturing and trade were in the process of deeply transforming...
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Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...analysis and economic argument. As Andrew Mullen from Northumbria University discusses, the leave and remain campaigns employed similar strategies, but differed in their ability to connect with voters via social media. In his words, “The critical difference, […], was that the leave campaign was much more successful at targeting than the Remain campaign. Although the...
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Brexit: On the vote in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: On the vote in Wales

...analysis of the British labour movement, it has always been ignored by the Labour intellectuals who serve as the gatekeepers of Wales’ official ‘story’. This version of Wales – which has to be contextualised within the history of the British labour movement and the British working class more generally – may be unpalatable, but one cannot really understand the...
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What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...analysis are important and continually developing at all stages of life. Educational systems are serving students best if they enable and encourage students to build their own interdisciplinary pathway. This approach is sure to foster a love of learning, ignite a spark of enthusiasm and address learning differences for students. References and further reading Appleby, M....
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Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...Publishing Ltd Town and Country Edited by A Barnett & R Scruton, Jonathan Cape Analysis of Responses to the Discussion Document "Quality in Town and Country" Department of the Environment, The Stationery Office Books If you think you might be interested in studying more about these subjects, find out more about the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University....
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