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Opening up history
History & The Arts

Opening up history

Delve into our Opening up history series: a collection of interviews with historians from The Open University. Read about their research ranging from the political culture in 18th century Ireland to anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War...Find out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications.
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What is Open Thanatology?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Open Thanatology?

Open Thanatology is the Open University’s interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to death-related topics. The Centre builds on the long-standing death and dying research at the University with a renewed energy to promote these fields of research and education. The Open Thanatology Hub showcases education we have created based on our research and flag-ship modules...
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Open Hip Hop
History & The Arts

Open Hip Hop

...Open University Hip Hop Committee is to provide a Hip Hop focused platform for academics, practitioners, students and interested parties to come together to discuss, present, research and share their work in a managed safe environment...WHY: Following two very successful biannual conferences, feedback from our delegates and supporters have led us to conclude that this...
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Open sanctuary hub
Education & Development

Open sanctuary hub

This hub is a space of welcome for refugees, people in the asylum system and the wider community. It offers free courses covering a range of subjects.
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Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

How do we define being a citizen? In what ways has the idea of citizenship expanded? At a time when tumultuous world events, from Israel to India, call for a deeper understanding of the purpose and power of citizenship... Citizenship after Orientalism Professor Engin Isin explains why there’s a need to start altering the traditional views that have been held about the...
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Science for everyone as £1m pledge supports new Open University courses
Science, Maths & Technology

Science for everyone as £1m pledge supports new Open University courses

...badged open courses, delivered through the OpenLearn platform, and syndicated to iTunes, Amazon and Google. Dangoor Education supported badged courses offer whole OU courses at no cost to the student, ranging from exploring the Moon to investigations into cancer and autism. Learners don’t need to be formally registered students – anyone can sign up ......
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60-Second Adventures in Astronomy
Science, Maths & Technology

60-Second Adventures in Astronomy

Ever wondered where the Universe came from? Or more importantly, where it's headed? Voiced by David Mitchell, this series of 60 second animations examines different scientific concepts from the big bang to relativity, from black holes to dark matter. The series also explores the possibility of life beyond Earth and considers why David Bowie is still none the wiser...
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Open Education Week 2017
Education & Development

Open Education Week 2017

...open courses, which are more rigorously assessed, and for which learners can earn a free digital badge. Our badged courses combine the openness of the open badge, and the use of Moodle (open source) to develop openly licenced, free and open courses. OpenLearn Cymru is a ......
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