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Stories of Change Introduction
Nature & Environment

Stories of Change Introduction

...Research Council and we’ve got the goal of trying to loosen up public and political conversations about energy transitions. We asked the BBC’s Environment Analyst, Roger Harrabin, to go out to capture interviews with leading figures from research, business, politics, from a wide range of views, but we asked him to do something slightly different to his normal day job....
Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy
Education & Development

Embedding mental wellbeing in higher education through inclusive curricula and pedagogy

...Research shows that mental health difficulties have a serious effect on students’ likelihood of attaining their study goals. EdD student Kate Lister explains why she chose this area of research and how she has set up her study...[A woman relaxing with a book and her dog in the sun] Pet therapy as a de-stressing solution There are many interventions in place to support...
Brass Instruments
History & The Arts

Brass Instruments

...research, performers' perspectives and the manufacturing process. This material forms part of TA212 The Technology of Music... Brass Instruments A short introduction to this album How Brass Instruments Work Technology and acoustical principles. How technical developments through history have affected the design of brass instruments. Changing Key and Pitch Playing the...
Audio 1 hr 10 mins
How staying hydrated helps us age well
Health, Sports & Psychology

How staying hydrated helps us age well

...Centre for Ageing Better (2022) The State of Ageing 2022. Available at: https://ageing-better.org.uk/summary-state-ageing-2022 (Accessed 1 April 2025). Learn more with OpenLearn [Open Talks from The Open University in Wales] Open Talks is a video series where Open University academics share their expertise and passion on a subject or issue of their choice. Watch more from...
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...research into how bats use echolocation to locate their prey and also to prevent other bats from locating the same prey...This free course, What are waves? explains what waves are. It describes different types of wave as well as their properties. You can listen to the song of a humpback whale and learn about the process of echolocation which is used by dolphins to locate...
Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
A 19th century autopsy unmasks a poisoner
History & The Arts

A 19th century autopsy unmasks a poisoner

...children. Shortly after, Mr Perry was taken very ill with the cholera morbus, as stated by Watkins, by whom his life was despaired of, and Dr Chauncey L Sheldon, of Warsaw, was sent for, who attended him through the day, and till nine o'clock at night, and left him apparently much better. Watkins attended him the remainder of the night, and Perry died the next day. [Nux...
Knickerbocker glory: Explore healthy eating
Education & Development

Knickerbocker glory: Explore healthy eating

...children eat a healthy diet and look after themselves. Some information you might like to use Ice cream may not contain any milk or cream! In an attempt to reduce fat, some ice creams can be high in artificial ingredients and sugar and have very little nutritional value. But children need some fat in their diet, and milk products also contain calcium which is great for...
Spectacular Flirtations
History & The Arts

Spectacular Flirtations

...Open University Art History researcher, Gill Perry takes us through The National Portrait Gallery and explores the relationship between 18th Century art and theatre and the notion of actresses and their portraits as seductive, beguiling objects. Gill also looks at paralells in the ways contemporary female stars use media images to promote themselves as celebrities....