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What is economics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is economics?

...resources – and most of the resources we need to use in our lives are limited in some way or another. From gender discrimination in the workplace to the influence of trade unions on employment and wages, the price of new cars on the forecourt to new ways of tackling pollution – economics touches on almost every aspect of everyday life. On the larger scale, when the...
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Article 5 mins
Women in Science
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in Science

...Open University asked some of the female scientists currently working in its Faculty of Science, to nominate their personal choice of outstanding woman of science. The female scientists nominated include several Nobel Prize Laureates, such as Marie Curie, Dorothy Hodgkin and American geneticist, Barbara McClintock. The academics also talk about their own experiences of...
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Audio 46 mins
What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about
Health, Sports & Psychology

What the Applying Psychology to Work hub is about

...resources – articles, videos, audios and courses – that have been curated by a team of applied work psychologists at The School of Psychology & Counselling. The hub draws on existing content already on OpenLearn, but also includes newly commissioned content created by experts specifically for the hub. The hub explores several themes that emerged from research carried...
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Article 10 mins
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: The importance of planning: Introduction - While families of people with learning disabilities who are ageing may see staying together for as long as possible as a positive choice, it is often because of a lack of acceptable alternatives and many people with...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...Open University's Open Degree qualifications. 1: Eye witness identifications have led to 77% of wrongful convictions [Photograph, black and white. Five Caucasian men in a police line-up.] Many of us might think we would make a reliable witness and be able to identify a criminal if asked by the police, but chances are we wouldn't as our memory for unfamiliar faces is very...
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Article 5 mins
Festival fever
History & The Arts

Festival fever

...Choose from the following: comedy plays poetry performance music festivals Make 'em laugh - learn more about comedy Unleash your inner playwright with these resources Become a wordsmith with these learning tools on poetry Make your performance perfect with these materials Discover music theory with these articles and course What's great about festivals? Find out here...
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Article 30 mins
Children and the Internet
Health, Sports & Psychology

Children and the Internet

...resource with numerous benefits come concerns about its long term effects on child psychology... How children use the internet Professor Sonia Livingstone discusses why she was drawn to this area of research Percieved dangers Professor Sonia Livingstone explains the risks of unregulated access to information from net Regulation and benefits Professor Sonia Livingstone...
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Video 36 mins
Treezilla
Society, Politics & Law

Treezilla

...The OpenScience Laboratory. It was initiated by researchers, scientists & educators and encourages people to participate through an online platform and research & learning. Treezilla is national in orientation and concerned with environment & sustainability. It was launched in June 2013 and is ongoing. Contact details Email treezilla@open.ac.uk or michael.dodd@open.ac.uk...
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