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OU HUNT: Download the app
Science, Maths & Technology

OU HUNT: Download the app

...Open University...What is 'OU HUNT'? [OU Hunt app icon] ‘OU HUNT’ is an app that brings your poster to life and reveals unseen, extra content; including a 3D augmented reality cube with access to slow-motion clips demonstrating unique cheetah physiology, as well as stand alone exclusive interviews with scientists in the field revealing how making the programmes helped...
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Article 5 mins
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?: References - allAfrica (2011) Senegal: Biofuels boost land-grab conflict in country [Online]. Available at http://allafrica.com/stories/201110281172.html (Accessed 22 November 2012). BBC News (2012) Analysis: Land grab or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
What is shareholder activism?
Money & Business

What is shareholder activism?

...resources and impact at general meetings to substantially challenge directors. Some features of UK governance, such as proxy voting and one-tiered boards further strengthen the power of directors and, when these have substantial share holdings, they can effectively impede monitoring by other shareholders.[5] Large or well-connected shareholders, however, can put pressure...
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Article 10 mins
Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...education. He was picked out during the Nazi regime as one of the “socially undesirable children” and entered into the Nazi euthanasia programme. He was confined to a psychiatric institution in Vienna where Nazi doctors conducted cruel experiments with the children. He managed to survive the atrocities but the horror did not end there for him. When he later recognised...
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Article 10 mins
Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?
Languages

Do enforced language tests help migrants integrate more smoothly?

...education with life skills, as the independent Senator Jacqui Lambie has argued in the Australian parliament. The millions of migrants and refugees who built post-war Australia learnt their English through immersion in communities and workplaces that afforded opportunities for participation and inclusion; as they used to say out at the Ford motor car factory in...
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Article 5 mins
Systems modelling
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems modelling

...Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Figure 3 H. R. Wallingford Limited Figure 4 © London Transport Museum Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can acceptance and commitment therapy help carers in challenging times such as the COVID-19 pandemic?

...Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of great stress for carers. They have endured decreased access to support services and social support, decreased time to look after themselves and difficulties maintaining the physical and emotional health of themselves and their loved one, in the face of national...
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Article 10 mins
TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...resource extraction, absurd levels of consumption and genocides against both human and non-human beings. Since 2019, I have curated Border Crossings’ ORIGINS Festival, a biennial gathering to share and show Indigenous arts and culture in London, powerfully supported by the OU in the person of Professor Graham Harvey. As the 2021 Festival approached, it became clear that...
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