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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...education and in society in general. Lurraine Jones looks at the politicisation of Black hair and microaggressions experienced by Black women. ...Google ‘Unprofessional Hairstyles for Women’. Now have a look at ‘Professional Hairstyles for Women’. Notice anything? In a popular magazine article about the understudied relationship between Black women and their hair,...
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There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...Open University's Honorary Associate in Sleep, Circadian and Memory Neuroscience, Dr Paul Kelley...In societies the world over, teenagers are blamed for staying up late, then struggling to wake up in the morning. While it’s true that plenty of teenagers (like many adults) do have bad bedtime habits, researchers have long since proven that this global problem has a...
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Do children have agency as authors?
Education & Development

Do children have agency as authors?

...Education at The Open University explores whether children are given enough autonomy when it comes to writing...Over the last three months the Craft of Writing team, (Debra Myhill and I, Becky Swain, Becky Coles and Sara Venner) have been recruiting schools to this new project. Funded by EEF and the RSA, it’s a partnership study between the OU, the University of Exeter...
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Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...Open University course T211 Design and designing... Design and Creativity A short introduction to this album. New Designs: Charger Harnessing the power of technology: a designer talks about developing and testing a new charger that turns kinetic energy into electricity. New Designs: Postmobile Design for a specific market: a new designer explains how he secured...
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Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...Open University course K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice... Belfast - healthy city A short introduction to this album. Healthy Cities: the idea Ilona Kickbusch on how the Healthy Cities Movement began in the mid nineteen eighties as a European initiative. Healthy Cities: the reality Ilona Kickbusch on how the initiative spread out from Europe...
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Audio 40 mins
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Unlocking core skills for personal and professional growth: Introduction - Have you observed a growing trend in recent years where job advertisements and requirements emphasise core skills and personal qualities? For example, a job description for a role at...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...Open University's Environment courses Cloud technologies continue to be an accelerating factor in digital transformation and innovation, but as the ‘cloud’ is out of sight, the term can portray cloud computing as a lighter-than-air panacea for both computing and the environment – this, though, it is not. Cloud technologies still rely on the same fundamental...
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QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. On 10th December 2022, Morocco beat Portugal to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup. Before this, Senegal qualified for the 2nd round, with Ghana, Cameroon and Tunisia also disproving the myth that African coaches are tactically naïve. So, what is the history of head coaches (in men’s football)...
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