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War Memorials
History & The Arts

War Memorials

...OU’s free online learning space. Our new online course, Heritage, whose heritage? (A180), gives a more fulsome introduction. The two total wars of the twentieth century are the subject of the course Total war and social change: Europe 1914-55 (AA312). We also offer an appealing starter course for budding family historians, which covers some of these questions: Start...
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Your journey of learning and discovery with us
Education & Development

Your journey of learning and discovery with us

...OU courses including our Access courses. b. Essential Skills for Open University study. Scotland resources: courses focused on Scottish history, language and culture. Links to key OpenLearn Hubs – such as our Mental health and wellbeing hub. OpenLearn Create There are some extremely useful resources on OpenLearn Create which may support learners who need a gentler...
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Pathways To Success in Higher Education
Education & Development

Pathways To Success in Higher Education

...OU in Wales by emailing them emailing them. How Do I Know Which Subject Pathway to Choose? You may not be sure of where your interests lie, or you may already have some ideas. For this reason a series of short 'tasters' in different subject areas are available below. You can dip into whichever ones interest you and then progress to other units in your chosen area of...
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Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...become increasingly poor and ineffective. When your average citizen perceives that such inequality is not unrelated to the distribution of political power in Westminster and Brussels the response is clear: a vote to leave the EU that has the added benefit of putting two-fingers up to the so-called Westminster elite. What happens next is anyone’s guess. All views...
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Alkali metals
Science, Maths & Technology

Alkali metals

...become more terrifying as we go down the group. Let's try Caesium, our 5th alkali metal. [Huge explosion] The science The alkali metals are the elements Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium and Francium. They are grouped together because they all behave similarly (except with different ferocity) and together form Group 1 of the Periodic Table. They are in fact...
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Phoenix on Mars!
Science, Maths & Technology

Phoenix on Mars!

...become concentrated as a residue on the surface. We have seen only a fraction of the full panorama as yet, and there may be surprises still to come. Fascinating as the surface images are (at least to me, although I see that today's Sun disagrees We went to Mars and all we got was this lousy photo.... ) the picture that really took my breath away was one sent back by Mars...
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Why do women need abortions?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why do women need abortions?

...becoming a ‘physical or mental wreck’. This was overturned when the High Court in Belfast ruled Northern Ireland's abortion law in breach of the UK's human rights commitments. To highlight the 50th anniversary of the Act being passed, as well as women’s current experiences of abortion, we created a video collection based on an Open University research project on...
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Classical Studies: festivals
History & The Arts

Classical Studies: festivals

...ancient relics to paint a picture of the traditional Athenian festival. Transcript The Vinalia Food and drink festivals have become increasingly popular in recent years, but did you know that they have actually taken place since Ancient Rome? Dr Joanna Paul, Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, shows us a depiction of the Vinalia, a festival dedicated to wine. Transcript...
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