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Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. Politics, it has been said, is the art of the possible. One aspect of possibility when it comes to politics that is starting to receive the attention it deserves is the potential for political events, processes, or ideologies to give rise to grief, and grief of major proportions. This is what is...
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Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection
Science, Maths & Technology

Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection

...Open University Professor) noticed a ‘bit of scruff’ on her radio telescope charts. It was a signal from deep space that pulsed every 1.3 seconds (Hewish et al., 1968). She had discovered a Neutron Star. This is the crushed core of a massive star that ran out of fuel. Imagine a star heavier than our Sun squeezed into a ball the size of a city (about 20km wide)....
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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...
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Coed trefol - a allai trefi a dinasoedd ddod yn goedwigoedd?
Nature & Environment

Coed trefol - a allai trefi a dinasoedd ddod yn goedwigoedd?

...Ysgrifennwyd a chyflwynwyd y fideo hwn gan Dr Philip Wheeler, a’i gynhyrchu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Dysgwch fwy gydag OpenLearn [Open Talks from The Open University in Wales] Cyfres o fideos yw Sgwrs Agored, lle bydd academyddion y Brifysgol Agored yn rhannu eu profiad a'u hangerdd dros bwnc neu destun o'u dewis. Gwylio ragor o fideos Sgwrs Agored...
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Sound Systems: Listening to music together
History & The Arts

Sound Systems: Listening to music together

...through further study not only of music related to sound systems, but of any type of music at all, as demonstrated in all our Open University undergraduate and postgraduate music courses. Find out more about The Open University's Music courses and qualifications. Acknowledgement: With thanks to MK Arena for allowing us to use the stadium during the film production....
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Introduction to mental health science
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introduction to mental health science

...Open University course S826 Introduction to mental health science (Stage 1 in the Masters in Mental Health Science), and is suitable preparatory reading if you are considering moving on to postgraduate study in this area. The MSc in Mental Health Science (F78) is directly relevant to research and employment in the fields of medical and psychological sciences...
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Explore Welsh & Wales with OpenLearn
Languages

Explore Welsh & Wales with OpenLearn

...their plans being overheard? Or perhaps you were unaware that one of the 55 languages sent out to greet possible alien lifeforms on the NASA Voyager spacecraft was Welsh? You can find the Open University’s home of bilingual, free learning in Wales over at OpenLearn Cymru (linked below). And be sure not to miss OpenLearn's other fantastic features on all things Welsh:...
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World Heart Day 2016
Miscellaneous

World Heart Day 2016

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing qualifications. World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.3 million lives each year and the numbers are rising. By 2030, it is expected that 23 million people will die from Cardiovascular diseases annually–more than the...
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