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Research on young people with melanoma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Research on young people with melanoma

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. The lives of young people matter; their experiences matter; their futures matter and their significant others matter. Below are two short podcasts. The first one explores challenges in ethical approval for the Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) with cancer project delivered to you by Professor Susanne...
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Audio 20 mins
Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes
History & The Arts

Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes

...Open University's History courses and qualifications. This is the remarkable story of the Benin Bronzes, beautiful artworks in their own right, but also artefacts of cultural significance to the West African kingdom that produced them. Join retired Open University associate lecturer Linda Buckley, as she explores the history behind these objects. [Benin Bronzes head...
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Video 30 mins
Classical studies: it's more than the words
History & The Arts

Classical studies: it's more than the words

...source that relies on words. Where literature is often associated with art, history-writing today is associated with truth. As a result, it's a natural instinct to read ancient historians with the expectation that they are more reliable sources than literature. To a degree, that's fair enough. Most ancient historians took pains to distinguish themselves in one way or...
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Rocky relations: Why an isolated rock in the Atlantic is a sought after and contested place
Nature & Environment

Rocky relations: Why an isolated rock in the Atlantic is a sought after and contested place

...source of the interest in this single unforgiving and unliveable rock. [Rockall with birds flying] Arguably there can be few places in the world, so small, so isolated, and so perilous, that have generated international disputes, and filled as many newspaper and online column inches as has Rockall. The dispute goes back to the middle of the twentieth century and has been...
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Scotland and The Battle for Britain: Key places
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland and The Battle for Britain: Key places

...large cities to uninhabited islands. Below we map some of the locations from the programme and from our timeline of key moments in Scottish political history. Select a map marker to reveal the name and some information. If you'd like to explore in more detail, you can open the map in a new tab. Place information taken from Wikipedia under a Creative Commons licence....
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Activity 10 mins
PodMag October 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag October 2016

...Open University...This edition of the PodMag focuses on some exciting new modules currently in development. We hear from Paul Lawrence about the innovative new Level 2 History module on the birth of modern Britain, Helen Kaye talks about the new 3rd level Psychology module where students can undertake their own research, and Catriona Havard tells us about the exciting 3rd...
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Medal Quest: Can you guide a promising young athlete to championship success?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Medal Quest: Can you guide a promising young athlete to championship success?

...your quest in helping a budding young athlete win some medals. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Discover how athletes become champions with these videos Try a free course on sport and coaching Take it further with The Open University...
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Activity 15 mins
Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?
History & The Arts

Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?

...at four frequently used terms: religion, faith, spirituality, and worldviews. We see that while they will sometimes overlap, they are often used for specific reasons. One of the issues which the Open University’s Religion, Belief and Worldviews Hub addresses is why the language we choose matters, and why it can change markedly according to time and place? Transcript...
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