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Climate change and the importance of COP26
Nature & Environment

Climate change and the importance of COP26

...study but will also feature a series of weekly articles on different aspects of climate change as seen from the perspective of different constituencies across the whole Open University community. These weekly articles will start in September 2021 and will continue into the Spring of 2022. Through these courses, articles and other content we hope to not only educate,...
Why do birds eat plastic?
Nature & Environment

Why do birds eat plastic?

...study biologists from the University of California at Davis found that this results in the plastic having high levels of DMS associated with it. The levels are higher than normal background concentrations found in the environment, and well above levels that tube-nosed seabirds can detect and use to find food. To the birds, the presence of DMS is an indication that food is...
Belfast murals
History & The Arts

Belfast murals

...rights in Australia. [A mural reflecting the struggle for Aboriginal land rights in Australia] Take it further Material Conflicts: Parades and Visual Displays in Northern Ireland Neil Jarman, Berg Displaying Faith Neil Jarman, Institute of Irish Studies Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland Bill Rolston, Beyond the Pale Publications - a series of three titles...
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Integrated health, safety and environmental management
Science, Maths & Technology

Integrated health, safety and environmental management

...studies - farming, food manufacturing and urban redevelopment - and explores the varying approaches to risk management within each different sphere. It includes a visit to Fox's Biscuits and Brooksby Agricultural College in the UK and the city of Pittsburgh in the USA, and includes interviews with participants, academics and professional experts. The material forms part...
World-Changing Women: Charlotte Maxeke
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Charlotte Maxeke

...study at Wilberforce University in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated with a B.Sc degree having met her husband. When they both returned to South Africa in 1901, Maxeke did so as South Africa's first Black woman graduate. Maxeke worked as a teacher and, together with her husband, established a school until she became involved in politics. She became one of the first black...
What failing in the learning journey feels like
Education & Development

What failing in the learning journey feels like

...study. How the feedback of a failure is delivered can impact how one feels and reacts to a failed grade. Often, feedback that is given is brief, procedural, and detached — written feedback is the main source of feedback, but without a space for dialogue, it becomes static and a verdict rather than a conversation. The opportunity for verbal feedback doesn’t often...
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...Studies Energy Security Series, The Brookings Institute. Kong, B. and Gallagher, K.P. (2017) ‘Globalizing Chinese energy finance: the role of policy banks’, Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 26, no. 108, pp. 834–51. Liao, J.X. (2015) ‘The Chinese government and the national oil companies (NOCs): who is the principal?’, Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 21,...
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...studies, you will not need to remember everything in detail. You will need to understand and remember the underlying principles, however. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss different...