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Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Wholly Trinity: Abortion, Art and Activism in Ireland

...Open University, Alliance for Choice and The Array Collective explores the role that artists and creatives played in campaigning for abortion rights in Ireland...About the project Art has always been a powerful vehicle for social justice and the struggle for abortion rights throughout the island of Ireland was no exception. This beautiful short film depicts the...
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Arwen Bailey On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Nature & Environment

Arwen Bailey On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...situations. Arwen states “Sharing knowledge is a vital part of applied systems thinking. Sharing knowledge is about sharing different constituencies’ experiences of a problematic situation, their aspirations and their preferred ways of improving the situation and about creating space for dialogue in order to generate new knowledge and open space for new options”...
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Quiz: Which Brontë sister wrote it?
History & The Arts

Quiz: Which Brontë sister wrote it?

...find out. @@PLUGINFILE@@/QuizWhichBront%C3%ABsisterwroteit.h5p?embed=1 Find out more Written in blood: Family, sex and violence in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre Prof. Sara Haslam on the Brontë sisters’ work Explore the OU/BBC drama on the Brontë sisters, To Walk Invisible. Practise the Brontë’s art with our free courses Take it further with The Open University...
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The Environment
Education & Development

The Environment

...Open University's Environment courses I’m a Tutor Support Manager and I really like the multidisciplinary opportunities that the module offers. If I was to study this module, I would be interested in studying courses about the environment, because it is a challenging subject which can be seen from a number of different points of view and it’s such an important issue....
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Othello and apartheid
History & The Arts

Othello and apartheid

...Open University course A230 Reading and studying literature... The play as a metaphor Janet Suzman explains how she used a 400 year old play to bring attention to contemporary issues. Othello The character of Othello represents the ‘other’, the foundation of racial prejudices. Breaking Racial Taboos Janet Suzman decided to go ahead with the controversial physical...
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Wordsworth re-visited
History & The Arts

Wordsworth re-visited

...Open University course A207 From Enlightenment to Romanticism c.1780-1830... Wordsworth re-visited A short introduction to this album. Wordsworth's eye and ear In Wordsworth's poetry, external nature embodies a living mind. This The romantic and politics During the Romantic era, poetry evolved as a cultural and ideological tradition. This short, dynamic lecture highlights...
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The physical world: collisions
Science, Maths & Technology

The physical world: collisions

...Open University course S207 The physical world... The physical world: collisions An introduction to this album Accident investigation At the scene of a vehicle collision, both the physical evidence and the laws of physics, help police establish precisely what happened Particle collisions Professors Frank Close and Tejinder Virdee explain why physicists smash particles...
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Indian Raga Music
History & The Arts

Indian Raga Music

...Open University course AA317, Words and music... Indian Raga Music A short introduction to this album The Tabla Musician Shubhasis Bhattacharjee describes the Tabla, and how it is played. Tabla Solo Shubhasis Bhattacharjee shows how compositions are put together using the Tabla and his voice. The Alap Debashish Bhattacharjee plays alap and sings. He explains the story...
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