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Colour in Byzantine Art
History & The Arts

Colour in Byzantine Art

...change in Byzantine style and iconography was excruciatingly slow. Similarly colour, while able to add a dimension of variation in certain scenes, was not totally independent from theological debates and scrutiny. The relative limited repertoire of scenes – and to an extent palette - in Byzantine art reflect Christian beliefs and are not a manifestation of the...
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Article 10 mins
Living with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with Disability

...changed their lives. An introduction to health and social care Professor Joanna Bornat of the K101 course team gives an overview of The Open University course. Living with MS: the battle for funding The long process of assessing, awarding and allocating funds for necessary specialised accomodation. Housing journeys: Lyn's story A lifetime's personal experience of...
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Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...changes over time. However, biologists remain ignorant about what the ancestors of monotremes looked like and what historic relationship they had with the evolutionary lines that gave rise to marsupial and placental mammals. In the section you have just read, there were a number of references to pages in LoM given in square brackets [ ]. Indeed, unless stated otherwise,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Systems Practice case study - The CEO
Money & Business

Systems Practice case study - The CEO

...change. We needed new staff badly. We are a small consultancy firm in a specialised niche market and we had taken on more work than we could cope with. Most of us felt exhausted and burnt out, despite being excited by what we were doing. We also had ambitions to move into a new and important market sector and needed to build our capacity to do it. Initial recruitment...
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Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday
Society, Politics & Law

Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday

...change the outcome of the election...[A giant ballot box placed in Bristol promoting participation in the 2014 European Elections] You may have missed it but there’s a General Election taking place in the UK on June 8th. Now, it is not my intention to tell you how to vote. I’ve previously suggested that we might want to think about a more compassionate politics, and...
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Article 5 mins
Challenge: Make paper and ink
Science, Maths & Technology

Challenge: Make paper and ink

...change the colours. For example, logwood creates a blood red solution, although it will change to blue in alkaline solutions and to yellow-orange in highly acidic solutions. Finally, the scientists used a range of coloured inks on our Rough Science paper. They made brushes out of Ellen's hair and used Acacia seed pods as ink pens. Find out more Paper Handmade Paper - from...
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The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction
Health, Sports & Psychology

The importance of dignity and tailored support for poverty reduction

...change. This article explores why cash alone isn’t enough and how respectful, tailored support can help people overcome poverty...There are many definitions of poverty, yet at the heart of all of them lies the lack of adequate income to meet essential needs. It is therefore no surprise that poverty reduction policies often focus on providing poor people with cash, often...
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The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...changes and influences have further increased the national and international focus on race and equality, with the tragic death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 and the subsequent re-focus on the Black Lives Matter movement (BLM). Arguably, BLM has served to profile the issues and has created a further window of opportunity to push for real and systemic change. Note:...
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