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Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...OU's Dr Dave Middleton asks if there's a balance between respectfully giving, and giving respect...[Homeless person on the city street] There are many complex reasons why people go to food banks This was the British Prime Minister, Theresa May’s response to TV journalist Andrew Marr when asked whether it was right that nurses should have to use food banks. Whatever the...
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Article 5 mins
A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...OU's Social Sciences qualifications. [ Three African American women in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance, ca. 192] Three African American women in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance, ca. 1925 This New York City neighbourhood - part of Manhattan borough - has long been home for its large proportion of African-American residents and businesses. After being associated...
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Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...become part of the background of our lives, until today when it is extremely unusual to find someone who has neither a home telephone nor a mobile phone. Just as the telephone changed from a status symbol to become simply another piece of the modern world, so the computer has made a similar transition...Introducing computing and IT: 1.2 The computer - There were very few...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...become part and parcel of our policing philosophy for the city centre. The traders in particular were very keen to support us, and we had excellent support from Newcastle City Com1cil, and the local authority, and indeed the government gave a grant through the local authority, to pay for fifty per cent of the cost The system is overt, we involved er the planning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions
History & The Arts

Bob Dylan as Nobel Laureate: Two reactions

...becoming the second songwriter to have won the Nobel prize after Indian Nobel Laureate, poet, lyricist and singer Rabindranath Tagore, who received the honor in 1913. Dylan was awarded for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. The 75-year-old musician has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. He...
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DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...OU's programme website for Rough Science 1...Experiments with natural dyes The range of dye colours that can be obtained from nature is remarkably wide. However, many natural fibres like cotton and wool won't accept a dye without being treated with chemicals called mordants (from the Latin mordere meaning to bite). Mordants and modifiers Mordants are usually more...
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Article 15 mins
Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...become unhealthy for them as well as families and friends. Many of us have wardrobes full of clothes we haven't worn for years, books we rarely read and belongings from our and our children's childhoods we cannot part with. When these hoards start to get out of control - for example, when we can no longer fit into new clothes into our wardrobe, most people will have a...
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Article 5 mins