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How staying hydrated helps us age well
Health, Sports & Psychology

How staying hydrated helps us age well

...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 Open Talks...
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Video 7 mins
World-Changing Women: Murasaki Shikibu
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Murasaki Shikibu

...learned Chinese by listening outside the door while her father taught her brother. She married at about the age of twenty but her husband died soon after, leaving her with a daughter. She then lived quietly for some years. In 1004 Murasaki entered the service of the Empress Akiko, possibly due to her talent for story-writing. No one knows precisely when she began her...
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Article 5 mins
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...art history offers different perspectives on music history. Wales: Music Nation TV series Co-produced by BBC Cymru Wales and The Open University, Wales: Music Nation with Huw Stephens follows presenter, DJ and music fanatic Huw Stephens as he delves deep into the surprising and varied story of music in Wales. Discover more free learning resources inspired by the series:...
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Video 40 mins
An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...one H Summary We hope the short videos have been a useful resource and inspire you to go on and learn more. Additional resources and acknowledgements Action on Hearing Loss More information on British Sign Language Deaf awareness education course on OpenLearn Create Many thanks to Josh Page and Josh Sprules for taking the time to help with the creation of these resources....
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Video 20 mins
Water supply and treatment in the UK
Science, Maths & Technology

Water supply and treatment in the UK

...learned. Consulting the public The value of consistent, timely communication through the media when taking action in a time of drought Is recycling water good? People on the streets of Essex tell us what they think. The panel outline what we can do to help ourselves. Fresh water filtration The multi-stage treatment process river water goes through before it comes out of...
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Audio 52 mins
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...learn how he makes the problem of finding out what happened to ours too...With the information explosion online, how can you tell fake news from the real thing, or be more sensitive to how information can be weaponised? In the fifth century BCE, a Greek by the name of Herodotus faced a similar challenge when he set out to examine why his people, the Greeks, and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...learning together by building their own practical toolkit to help them start to diversify their own repertoire and also to consider how to build inclusive musical practices more broadly. The course is illustrated throughout by interviews with industry experts who are all leaders in the field of championing the music of women composers....Week 1: How we got into this:...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explore definitions of hybrid working and identify how to create a shared understanding of these at work analyse how hybrid working impacts productivity and describe the ideal hybrid working environment identify ways that a hybrid culture can be grown and developed become self-aware as a hybrid leader,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs