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The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...a wonderful relationship. If you look across the globe virtually every nation has a history of astronomy or wondering what’s out there. When you look at the universe and the scale of the universe you think why on earth are we arguing? And I think that’s what attracted me to space, it breaks down the barriers, you just see the earth as a planet. We are just one people....
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Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...Open University course A113 Revolutions. Use of racial language and terms Some of these courses deal with topics involving racial issues, such as the Civil Rights Movement in the USA. Since the societies being studied were characterised by deeply-held and widespread racist views, these courses contain language that is also racist. Although these may provoke a strong...
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Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital technologies and innovation in health and social care

...changes the expectations and job roles for health and social care practitioners. You'll learn about what these expectations might be on practitioners and also about common responses and criticisms that may arise from transforming practice through technology. These free courses are adapted extracts from the Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....
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Race and place
History & The Arts

Race and place

...opens then snaps shut incredulous yet too polite to say outright liar she tries another manoeuvre ‘And you parents?’ ‘Glasgow and Fife.’ ‘Oh?’ ‘Yes. Oh?’ Snookered she wonders where she should go from here – ‘Ah, but you're not pure’ ‘Pure? Pure what. ‘Pure white? Ugh. What a plight Pure? Sure I'm pure I'm rare …’ ‘Well, that's not exactly...
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Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems Thinking: Diagramming Tutorials

...Open University courses. Systems thinking practitioners at the OU have supported and developed the use of a range of diagramming techniques as the principal tools through which visual modelling and communication can happen. The following diagramming techniques each have videos providing animated tutorials – one video describing What the technique is and at least one...
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Dying Matters Awareness Week
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dying Matters Awareness Week

...courses, videos and interactives...We only get one chance to have our dying wishes met, which is why it’s vital to talk, plan and make arrangements for the end of life – before it’s too late. Did you know death, dying and bereavement has been a major research and teaching theme at the OU for over twenty years? Find out more on our research page. During this year's...
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Improve your everyday maths for free
Science, Maths & Technology

Improve your everyday maths for free

...Open University has teamed up with charity National Numeracy to enable everyone to boost their confidence with numbers using the National Numeracy Challenge...[National Numeracy Challenge logo] National Numeracy is an independent charity working to improve numeracy across the UK. The National Numeracy Challenge is a free website to help you check and improve the maths you...
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Rhyolite
Science, Maths & Technology

Rhyolite

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications Rhyolite is a fine-grained extrusive igneous rock or volcanic rock. It is pale coloured, often light grey, tan or pinkish. Rhyolite is made up of quartz and feldspar crystals, and occasionally contains some mafic (dark coloured) minerals. Usually the crystals are too small to see without magnification, but occasionally...
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