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Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...study is based on real life experiences of social workers, but for the purpose of this activity all characters have been fictionalised and details have also been greatly simplified. As you read through each stage of the case study, you will be asked to stop and make a decision. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers - different people have different needs and values, and...
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What is the Neurodiversity Hub?
Education & Development

What is the Neurodiversity Hub?

...study and everyday life. Why Neurodiversity? Neurodiversity can be thought of broadly as the range of different ways individual’s brains function across a population. An individual whose brain may function differently can be thought of as neurodivergent and it is these individuals that make up a neurodiverse population. Common forms of neurodivergence such as Autism,...
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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...comments box below this article. Study with The Open University Find out more about opportunities to study computing at the OU Find out about the OU’s lead role in the Institute of Coding Introduction to computing and information technology 1 (TM112) Introduction to cybersecurity: say safe online Information security Introduction to computing and information technology...
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War, Intervention and Development
Nature & Environment

War, Intervention and Development

...study. This material is taken from The Open University course TU875 War, intervention and development... War, Intervention and Development A short introduction to this album. The Sierra Leone Sanctions Debate A discussion of sanctions, with specific reference to Sierra Leone, and how they have an impact on the population concerned Pushing too hard for elections An...
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Audio 2 hrs 11 mins
Thought and Experience
History & The Arts

Thought and Experience

...study of emotions An interview with Peter Goldie focusing on how the study of emotions can progress, the nature of emotions, how biology and culture can shape emotional capacity and the relationship between emotion and rationality. The Gricean Program A detailed discussion by Dr Barry Smith about the Gricean Program and the meaning of linguistic expression in terms of the...
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Audio 5 hrs 8 mins
Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...study of philosophy and the human situation, and contains talks and debates from leading philosophical thinkers and teachers, past and present. This material forms part of The Open University course A211 Philosophy and the human situation... Philosophy and the human situation An introduction to this album Liberty and Offence Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses...
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Audio 4 hrs 19 mins
Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing
Money & Business

Midlife MOT: wealth, work and wellbeing

...studying and you have specialist skills in the marketplace, you can have a successful business based on your own specialist skills. If you want to grow a bigger business than that, you’re probably going to have to own some kind of assets so owning something that other people will hire or use or need from you, so actually people who have 3D printers are making businesses...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...studied in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment initiatives of the UN. From Healthy Environment to Healthy People This year, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s just released, thematic report is aptly entitled ‘Healthy Environment, Healthy People’ and aims to highlight the important role the environment plays to the health of its inhabitants. This...
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