1,685 search results
Introducing research in law and beyond
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing research in law and beyond

...system. This approach can assist in your search for a research idea. That idea can then be refined into a research question. The flow diagram in Figure 2 represents the first three stages of the research selection process explored in this section. This process continues with feasibility and risk analyses which are covered in Section 3. [Described image] Figure 2 Flow...
View course Introducing research in law and beyond
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...system on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) show that many of the asymmetries in planetary nebulae derive from structures that first formed while the star was on the AGB. They appear to be the result of orbiting companions, either a binary companion star or a massive planet (see Figure 2c). These can either transfer angular momentum to the ejecta and form a constraining...
View course White dwarfs and neutron stars
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...system), or the market. Whatever you have chosen, though, it is likely that you will have chosen them because – using different means to enforce the ‘compliance’ that Brett speaks of – they will have governed your relations with other people in particular contexts and in society at large. They will have set the rules you were expected to follow. You may well also...
View course Seeing institutions in different ways
Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...System of Professed Christians… Contrasted with Real Christianity (1797) which was very popular and influential at the time. Reading and understanding parts of this text and some of his writings on slavery form the substance of this course. The study of Wilberforce provides insights not only into the interactions between the Evangelical movement and its wider social and...
View course Wilberforce
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...system and proposing how it serves to provide security to individuals while also encouraging them to be active in the world. Research based on this theory is revealing the significance of the early years of life in the formation of attachments that go on to be central throughout life. This free course gives an introduction to this exciting area of contemporary study. This...
View course Attachment in the early years
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...system, particularly how people were punished for crimes they committed. [A black and white sketch of a street. In the background are several high-rise residential buildings. In the lower half of the image is a large crowd of people. In the immediate foreground, a police officer blows a whistle as he grabs a young man by the collar. The young man’s clothes are patched....
View course What do historians do?
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Young people’s wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young people’s wellbeing

...system in order to promote wellbeing’ (Shah, 2005, p. 39). Other writers have argued that the holistic concept of wellbeing is more in keeping with the way in which health is seen in the majority of societies and cultures in the world, than is the Westernised medical model (Svalastog et al., 2017). However, some commentators have been more cautious about adopting the...
View course Young people’s wellbeing
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
The science of sperm
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sperm

...system - sperm...Find out about The Open University's Biology courses and qualifications THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FRANK DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE [Sperm] Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in fact semen is far more complex than my endearing childhood image of mini tadpoles swimming around in thin...
View article The science of sperm
Article 15 mins