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The science behind why we drink alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science behind why we drink alcohol

...Health and Chemical Sciences at The Open University, investigates...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses People have been consuming alcohol for at least 10,000 years. And when drinking water was rather risky, alcohol seemed a much safer bet . Amaldus of Villanova, a 14th-century monk, even wrote that alcohol “prolongs life, clears away...
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Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...public endeavour and a common good. Home education is a form of educational provision alternative to conventional schooling that might be seen as diametrically opposed to the UNESCO’s (2021) vision of a shared and public education for all. Simultaneously, the report seems to convey the idea of co-construction of the future of education. Everyone, state and non-state...
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The greatest composers you’ve never heard of
History & The Arts

The greatest composers you’ve never heard of

...public life. Many women composers – including Louise Farrenc, Fanny Hensel, Emilie Meyer, Clara Schumann, Augusta Holmès, Cécile Chaminade, Ethel Smyth, Amy Beach and Lili Boulanger – actually flourished as composers during the nineteenth century and wrote many works alongside their male peers, although their works were not included within the classical music canon....
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Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching
Education & Development

Including diversity in race, ethnicity and culture in your teaching

...public places like schools. Religion in multicultural Britain is a community matter and should be respected by public institutions like schools. The education policy in each of the four UK nations is different, since education is a devolved political matter. There are many interesting points of comparison between them, as well as with other nation states’ approaches, on...
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Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...public sector staff or politicians...This course, Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations, will help you to reflect on and develop collaborative leadership practices that will make a difference. The course is aimed at people who work within voluntary organisations as paid staff or as volunteers or for people who work regularly with voluntary organisations,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...public interest. More often than not, repression of what is deemed private is much stronger than what is said to be of public significance, making this repression less contested as well. Similarly, hackers’ targeting of information and communication infrastructure is depoliticized, or delegitimized under criminal conspiracy acts. Instead you claim that contemporary...
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Article 15 mins
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...health and mental health treatment. The course starts by exploring formal definitions of panic and panic attack. These are then contrasted with personal accounts of the experience of panic. It also presents some of the key understandings of why panic attacks happen, and provides an overview of the main ways people can get help and help themselves. ...Panic attacks: what...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...health and wellbeing. Taking a critical eco-psycho-social perspective you will explore ideas from social theory, psychoanalysis, ecopsychology, eco-feminism and post-humanism to gain a deeper understanding of the climate and ecological crisis, its impact on our wellbeing and how to build psychological resilience...This free course introduces the emerging field of Climate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs