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London inside out
Society, Politics & Law

London inside out

...becomes even clearer when we turn to the second reservation about the characterisation of London as multicultural future of the world. For London is not only multicultural. It is also – for instance – a heartland of the production, command and propagation of what we have come to call neoliberal globalisation. Indeed it was in London that many of its lineaments were...
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Article 15 mins
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...OU’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership will be able to see what you write and we may anonymise and draw on some of what you say for future research – we see this as a circular relationship where we develop one another’s knowledge. The aim is to build a community of learning: we are all in this together. By sharing any contribution (including any text,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...become a global concern. The course explains how understanding of the autism spectrum and approaches to diagnosis and care have evolved. Key scientific approaches to studying autism are explained and illustrated, alongside substantial use of different personal perspectives. The course culminates with key topical issues such as autism in adulthood, and missed diagnosis in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...becoming increasingly common. In a stylised form, g, with flamboyant curls and flourishes, is still used as the treble or G clef, and signifies that a note placed on the second line from the bottom is G (see Example 3). Example 3 And this is not any G, but specifically the one above middle C. (We’ll come to an explanation of middle C in a moment.) As Example 4 shows,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...become more charming Kevin, difficult as it is to believe that you could improve on perfection. But drawing back from this sample of one, your own dinner party experience, do people think statistics are more interesting? I think they possibly do. Certainly if I look at my own field, which is economics, within that field empirical work is now much more popular. It used to...
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Audio 20 mins
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...OU student Elinor Barker speaking in 2018, recalling a period five years previously. [A head and shoulders shot of Open University student and 2016 Olympic gold medal cyclist, Elinor Barker.] Figure 2 Open University student and 2016 Olympic gold medal cyclist, Elinor Barker In the activity that follows, Barker describes her own personal experience of the early stages of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...student some skills which are particularly associated with the way social scientists work. Both are of fundamental importance to your success in studying other courses. This course is about the very basic study skills of reading and taking notes. These are basic in the sense that they are the foundation for all successful study. But that does not mean they are simple. If...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
UK must balance food farming impacts
Nature & Environment

UK must balance food farming impacts

...become increasingly dependent on food imports since the 1980s, with about 50% of its food and feed currently being imported. In effect, the UK is exporting the environmental impact and leaving producer nations with the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions released in the service of the British supper table. The UK’s “land footprint” – another term for...
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Article 10 mins