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Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...student of climate change. He then went on to help BBC Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman research his best-selling book The English. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is Ade Thomas and I am the founder of Green.TV which is an online platform for publishing sustainability, clean tech and conservation video content. This is what I do So, Green.TV’s mission is to...
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Video 30 mins
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...become: [Table plan options with Les, Gareth, Faisal and Jordan seated. Full description in Long description link] Figure 6 Possible places Jordan can sit Hint 4 Now you need to place Sandy and Aria. Remember, Aria can’t be opposite Jordan, and Sandy can’t be next to Les. Answer The final seating plan must be: [Table plan options with all guests seated. Full...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...OU Professor of Social Psychology Paul Stenner considers the arguments. Researchers talk of a textual or discursive turn that happened in the social sciences a few decades ago. In social psychology, this turn happened around the time I was doing my undergraduate degree in Psychology and Sociology (1985-88). It was closely connected with ‘social constructionist’...
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Article 5 mins
I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-SPY: Find out more about the research on Internet infidelity

...OU’s School of Psychology and practitioners in the field of counselling. It is their aim to improve understanding and awareness for both the public and counsellors at a time when there are growing opportunities to participate in activity online which could lead to infidelity. - Dr Andreas Vossler: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/av2585 - Dr Naomi Moller:
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Article 10 mins
How to start a course
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How to start a course

...OU curriculum. Many are based on Open University course materials while others are written specifically for OpenLearn. All of our courses enable you to earn a Statement of participation and some also allow you to earn a free digital badge. You can use your badge or Statement of participation to share your achievement with others, although they do not carry any formal...
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Article 10 mins
The Scottish Parliament and law making Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

The Scottish Parliament and law making

...become involved with the work of the Scottish Parliament...This free course, The Scottish Parliament and law making, explores the law making powers of the Scottish Parliament and examines its place in the UK’s constitution. It considers how, and why, laws are made by both the Scottish and UK Parliaments before exploring devolved matters, reserved matters, legislative...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...student without instructing him, and it is far better to devote yourself to a few authors than to get lost among many. (Seneca, 2005, p. 45) Seneca wrote these words 2,000 years ago; as a Stoic philosopher he sought ‘tranquillity of mind’. He felt that one source of stress in life was simply ‘too much information’. Yet then, as today, we all need information to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Difference and challenge in teams
Money & Business

Difference and challenge in teams

...become a part of the ‘social information’ held by others in the colony. These bees out-compete the directions given by other bees dancing less vigorously. Some more recent studies of bee behaviour suggest that ‘private information’ held by individual bees (e.g. the memory of where they found nectar on a previous foraging trip) is also at play. Guidance given by...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs