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Understanding Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Milton Keynes

...become Milton Keynes Introducing the Milton Keynes Development Corporation Master planners: a brief history of the people behind the design Community without propinquity: the sociological ideas behind the design How do you build a city? How do you build a community? The socialist ideas championed by Lord Campbell Here comes Maggie Milton Keynes should be more like...
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Religion Today
History & The Arts

Religion Today

...become the new face of post-modern religion. This material is taken from The Open University Course AD317 Religion today: tradition, modernity and change... Religion Today A short introduction to this album. Religion in modern Sweden Is religion dead in Sweden, or can it be resurrected? Egypt's return to Islam Why is secular Egypt returning to Islam? Buddhism in the Lake...
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In conversation with Terry Waite
History & The Arts

In conversation with Terry Waite

...become a figure of power as the first black Archbishop of Cape Town. Terry Waite: Peace in the Middle East Terry Waite discusses breaking the cycle of hatred in the Middle East. He hopes for a leader to emerge and identify that there has to be reconciliation and peace. Terry Waite on how academics can influence policy making Terry Waite hopes to see academics providing a...
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Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public
Health, Sports & Psychology

Creating bridges: The importance of sharing research findings with the public

...student looking at laptop holding book doing research] We must, however, also look at the direct impact that our work has on the wider public. This is especially important for peer reviewed publications in the wider areas of health and social care, where the findings of some research studies may directly facilitate a behaviour change that might be beneficial to the...
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Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Juvenile Dementia

...student Emily Coode tells us about her research into the heart problems in juvenile dementia, also called CLN3 - a rare disease. ...[Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the intracellular calcium concentration (green)] Cardiac myocytes loaded with a fluorescent stain for lysosomes (red) and a dye measuring the...
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Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds
Education & Development

Seeing the bigger picture: exploring the stories of children from migrant backgrounds

...student Karen Horsley describes her research on the stories and experiences of young children whose families have migrated to the UK made visible through documentary photography...[Photos from Karen Horsley] Although there is often a surprise at the idea of young children using cameras intentionally to communicate and tell visual stories, my study, and others before,...
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European Day of Languages
Languages

European Day of Languages

...learning. So, what are you waiting for? Test your language skills How to learn a language Exploring English Language for work and travel What can learning languages do for you? Let more real Open University Language students tell you Why study language? Discover 9 reasons to learn a foreign language Try our language courses for free! Study with The Open University...
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What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...becomes more prevalent. As far as I know, Michelle Thorn, Mozilla’s Director of the Webmaker Program, was the first to define openwashing in 2009: “Openwashing: to spin a product or company as open, although it is not. Derived from “greenwashing," which should not be confused with "The Open Source Washing Machine." Also in 2009, Phil Marsosudiro, coined a similar...
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