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The life of Mama Elouise Edwards
History & The Arts

The life of Mama Elouise Edwards

...University refectory and then at the Hotel Piccadilly in Manchester city centre before joining the Family Advice Centre in Moss Side in 1975. She worked first as a neighbourhood social worker and later as a community development officer. By now firmly rooted in the community, she brought her knowledge of people’s lives, her empathy with their struggles and triumphs and...
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Video 15 mins
Research on young people with melanoma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Research on young people with melanoma

...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 Cruickshank,...
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Audio 20 mins
Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes
History & The Arts

Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes

...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 statue] We...
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Video 30 mins
Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...Beginners Chinese 2: 开始吧 kāishĭ ba!. The Open University has launched a dedicated learning centre called The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. OpenLearn is supporting this project and is providing extracted units of all courses on The Open Centre in our dedicated Language and Cultures Hub. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is the exciting new home fo...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...university study like? Is it for me? If you are asking yourself these questions, this free course is for you. Taking your first steps into higher education provides insights into how subjects are studied at university. This introduction to carefully selected materials helps you decide what you might want to study. You will be looking at three main areas: arts and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...beginner teachers of music in secondary schools. It starts by looking at different forms and functions of assessment, what teachers should be assessing in music, how to make assessment musical. From there it identifies key approaches to assessment in the music classroom which will support young people’s musical development and the key aspect here is involving young...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...Universe is deeply flawed. If the Infinity Stones grant the power to eliminate life with the snap of the fingers, why didn’t Thanos use this power to expand the available resources in the Universe to accommodate the growing population? The disappearance of matter without the creation of energy is not consistent with the laws of thermodynamics. There is no algorithm...
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Article 5 mins
Star Trek 50
Miscellaneous

Star Trek 50

...University's Science qualifications. Have you ever wondered how the Enterprise crew managed to survive on all those weird and wonderful planets they visited? And has pondering on the tug of war between Spock and McCoy kept you up many a long night? Don't worry, we've convinced a few of our academics to look into these deep and meaningful Trekkie issues and more in the...
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Article 5 mins