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Scotland's gold trail
Nature & Environment

Scotland's gold trail

...you know that Scotland has strong ties with gold mining? Discover the locations where the precious metal is found..._Find out more about The Open University's Environment courses and qualifications. _ Click on the icons below to find out where and when Scotland had its own goldrush, plus what has been made with Scottish gold and what the mining industry has left behind....
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Activity 5 mins
Wales: Culture and identity
Society, Politics & Law

Wales: Culture and identity

...source of national pride, is rugby, which is deeply embedded in the national consciousness and explored in ‘Rugby and welsh identity’. Away from the sports pitch, this collection also looks at place and belonging, gender and race, nationalism and language, class, work, and political and cultural representation in Wales. This material forms part of The Open University...
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Audio 1 hr 20 mins
Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence
History & The Arts

Religion in history: conflict, conversion and coexistence

...source of both opposition and diversity since the very foundation of human civilization. This album explores the interaction of competing communities in compelling depth, highlighting periods and cities that experienced turbulence, and occasionally harmony, from such an intermingling of beliefs and ideas. A huge historical range, from the very beginnings of early...
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Audio 2 hrs 2 mins
Power and people in ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Power and people in ancient Rome

...Open University course A219 Exploring the classical world... Power and people in ancient Rome An audio introduction to this album. The Colosseum of Rome The most impressive structure in ancient Rome Roman amphitheatres How Roman theatres evolved from informal spaces to formal monumentalised structures. Glorifying Rome How ancient Roman entertainment venues symbolized the...
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Audio 25 mins
Becoming a University of Sanctuary
Society, Politics & Law

Becoming a University of Sanctuary

...Open University has been recognised as a University of Sanctuary. Neil Graffin, Senior Lecturer in Law, Head of Department and Chair of the Sanctuary Advisory Network at The OU, explains what this means...To be acknowledged as a University of Sanctuary, higher education institutions have to demonstrate that they are meeting a series of outcomes relevant to supporting...
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Article 5 mins
How OpenLearn uses third-party content
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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...Open University is of the same high quality as other material on OpenLearn...The core content on OpenLearn is written by experts from The Open University, drawn from our academic and campus body. However, we also publish (or republish) content from experts outside the OU. Sometimes the material has been commissioned directly by our team; in these cases: The contributor...
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Article 5 mins
Has media literacy become self-destructive?
Education & Development

Has media literacy become self-destructive?

...Sources? I remember a casual conversation that I had with a teen girl in the midwest while I was doing research. I knew her school approached sex ed through an abstinence-only education approach, but I don’t remember how the topic of pregnancy came up. What I do remember is her telling me that she and her friends talked a lot about pregnancy and “diseases” she could...
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Article 5 mins
Explainer: how hostile is space?
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: how hostile is space?

...Open University, explains more...Space may seem calm, but it is a more hostile environment than that on Earth. Invisible radiation is a big problem for space enthusiasts and scientific instruments. Substituting electronic devices to do human tasks reduces risk, but it doesn’t eliminate all risk. Every active device in space is dealing with such risks right now – be it...
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Article 15 mins