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Vitality Netball Nations Cup 2025: can the England Roses go all the way?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vitality Netball Nations Cup 2025: can the England Roses go all the way?

...out more in this article...The weekend of 1/2 February 2025 saw the start of the Vitality Netball Nations Cup, hosted by England and held across venues in Nottingham and London. The England Roses are looking to build on their successes during the event and are in prime position to challenge for victory at the event played across two weekends. On Saturday 1 February, in...
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Creativity and artificial intelligence
Languages

Creativity and artificial intelligence

...out creative tasks...Transcript One of great debates about artificial evidence at present is whether or not it’s capable of being ‘creative’. Creativity is seen as one of the most important of all human capabilities. It’s the engine of progress, the cradle of culture and the foundation stone for civilization itself. For AI to be able to mirror what humans can do...
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The benefits of social media in academia
Education & Development

The benefits of social media in academia

...out about The Open University's Open degree Transcript For academic professionals or students, social media can provide a range of benefits that change and develop as social media platforms and associated technology continues to evolve. In this article we will explore the three core benefits: connection, communication and collaboration. Social media is widely used by...
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Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...out the course you will hear from leading crime writers – Lin Anderson, Gordon Brown, Val McDermid, Sir Ian Rankin and Craig Robertson – who will talk about how they create and write about their characters. The course involves interactive components designed to enable you to discover something about your own thinking and behaviour. You will learn about why fictional...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...out’ their frustration at struggling academically or socially. Adolescence is a period of significant physical and emotional change, brain development in particular, so it is important to understand the underlying reasons for changes in mood and behaviour. Mental illness affects people of all ages, including adolescents. Specific criteria for a clinical diagnosis will...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Working with charts, graphs and tables: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: reflect on existing skills and mathematical history, set up strategies to cope with mathematics and assess which areas need improving understand the following mathematical...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Building the first Thames sewer system
Science, Maths & Technology

Building the first Thames sewer system

...out of its propriety by some well-meaning but short-sighted sanitary doctors. The cholera swept through the town with destructive violence, and people at last believed that it and typhus - its kindred scourge - drew their strength from the ill-drained houses and reeking cesspits. Like all converts, their zeal was greater than their discretion. They listened to the solemn...
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Are businesses just leaping on transgender trends to turn a profit?
Society, Politics & Law

Are businesses just leaping on transgender trends to turn a profit?

...out the right pair of shoes. This partial acceptability stems from the trans movement’s push for inclusion. It’s a respectability drive, supported by a bevy of companies who are jumping at the chance to use trans or non-normative gender expression to sell their products. Trans-ness is sexy. Major London retailer Selfridges now has an section called ‘Agender’,...
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