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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...
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...Open University. This article is based on research conducted in 2012, the year she graduated from The Open University with her Doctorate in Geography. Dr Wadsley, along with Dr Duika Burges Watson (Newcastle University, formerly Durham) were joint-recipients of the RGS-IBG Neville Shulman Challenge Award for 'Hugging the Coast: an exploration by sea-kayak of liminal...
Behind the camera
History & The Arts

Behind the camera

...source, explains Douglas Allen, you must first understand the person behind the camera...[Photo of Douglas Allen] When we look at an old film (and its ‘big brother’ still photography for that matter), some basic questions come to mind. Why was it made? By whom was it made and for whom? Who used it, and how? We know that historians are among the current most avid...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Could you work in end of life care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Could you work in end of life care?

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. In this interactive you'll explore how nurses interact with the dying person and their families, how they deal with distress and how they cope working in these environments. [Launch image for the interactive feature.] Turn up your sound and select here to begin the interactive. Instructions For best...