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Studying mammals: Food for thought
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Food for thought

...Studying mammals: Food for thought, we will examine culture, tool use and social structure in both apes and humans to gain an understanding of where we come from and why we behave as we do. This is the tenth course in the Studying mammals series...Who were our ancestors? How are apes and humans related? And where does the extinct Homo erectus fit into the puzzle? In this...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?
Education & Development

Interdisciplinary study: disciples of disciplines?

...study'?...Introduction [Colourful direction sign with different subjects on] In 1959, C.P.Snow gave a lecture on which he later expounded in publication and which became a seminal work, still discussed and debated fifty years later. Snow’s thesis concerned the ‘gulf of mutual incomprehension ’ (Snow, 1965) between those who followed the sciences and those who saw...
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Article 10 mins
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...studies: Scotland, uses two case studies to demonstrate how heritage sites have helped to forge the Scottish national identity and history...The heritage traditions of Scotland are unique in comparison to the rest of Britain. This free course, Heritage case studies: Scotland, uses two case studies to demonstrate how heritage sites have helped to forge the Scottish...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Postgraduate study in psychology and criminology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Postgraduate study in psychology and criminology

...Studies MSc in Psychology MA/MSc Open At the end of the module, students are asked to choose between three further modules to continue their studies. DD802 Investigating forensic psychology This module follows several criminal cases to explore forensic psychology and its application to understanding, preventing and detecting crime. Topics include investigative decision...
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Article 10 mins
Finding pockets of time to study
Education & Development

Finding pockets of time to study

Could you study while you wait, travel or do chores? This animation explains how to make the most of your pockets of time throughout the day...Find out more about The Open University's BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree. Transcript Watch the other animations in this series
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Video 5 mins
On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study
Society, Politics & Law

On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study

...studies people often say ‘I don’t know any migrants, so I have no idea about it, right?’ And this is a very important intervention by critical migration studies scholars and activists to say: ‘Well on your Sunday roast do you actually eat potatoes, do you actually eat carrots, what kind of clothes do you wear? Basically the foodstuffs that you eat are produced by...
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Article 5 mins
Studying social work law
Society, Politics & Law

Studying social work law

This set of four free courses introduces the role of social work and explores how the law influences social work practice. You will learn the role of social workers in the UK and how the profession is regulated across the four nations. The courses also examine how the law is applied by social workers in their practice with the people they support. ...Transcript The...
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Article 10 mins
Extending your learning with postgraduate skills
Education & Development

Extending your learning with postgraduate skills

...skills!...[Screenshot from YouTube video 'What is Employability?'] What is an Applied Masters? Why study one? On these kinds of Masters (such as the F70 and F55 qualifications), what you learn can be applied to practice. In the case of the F70 and F55 qualifications, this could be to settings where people support children and young people, such as through youth work or...
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Article 5 mins