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How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK
History & The Arts

How religious groups support peacebuilding in the UK

...open village’ situated in Ballycastle, County Antrim. It is run by staff and volunteers who provide training and workshops across the island. The community also has an international profile and is visited by groups and individuals from across the world who are interested in reconciliation and peacebuilding. Corrymeela has a Christian ethos but is open to all. In this...
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Key Ideas in Therapy
Health, Sports & Psychology

Key Ideas in Therapy

...Open University, and Damn Fine Media. Beyond Individual Therapy Originally most forms of psychotherapy focused on the individual client and their individual problems. However later researchers stressed the importance of looking beyond the individual - to their relationships and to the wider social systems they live in. The ‘systemic view’ is interested in how these...
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Environment: Lake Baikal
Nature & Environment

Environment: Lake Baikal

...resources be exploited to support economic development? In Siberia, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and contains one fifth of the world’s freshwater. It has developed over 25 million years to be a truly unique eco-system - yet this lake is now an environment at serious risk. This album focuses on the growing environmental threats to the region, which was...
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Jumpstart University
Education & Development

Jumpstart University

Aimed to help students starting university this year to prepare for and settle into their studies, the Jumpstart University hub has been developed by The Open University in collaboration with the Russell Group.
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Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...education and has also improved general health (the lack of water or use of polluted water can generate ‘water-related diseases’). The WWP therefore actively addresses the impoverishment of black South Africans, which is a serious issue. 14 million South Africans currently have no or inadequate water supplies. In 1997, unemployment stood at 37%, and 50% of the...
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A new union flag
History & The Arts

A new union flag

...open, more participatory, more held in common? ...Transcript This video is published as part of an editorial partnership between openDemocracy, The Open University and Counterpoints Arts to reanimate the Tate Exchange project in which academics and artists together ask who – during a time when the lines marking out citizens, borders and nations are being redrawn, or...
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Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...Census: migration, gender, and business, and shows how art-based approaches such as storytelling can be used to communicate quantitative Census data. Project team: Dr Carry van Lieshout (The Open University), Gunjan Sondhi (The Open University). Partners: ReWomen (Women of Management and Enterprise Network), CREME (Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship)...
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My career goal: Creative and design
History & The Arts

My career goal: Creative and design

...Open University has over 40 years’ experience delivering flexible learning and 170,000 students are studying with us right now. Take a look at all Open University courses. If you are new to university level study, find out more about the types of qualifications we offer, including our entry level Access courses and Certificates. Not ready for University study? Then...
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