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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage

...opening and closure of oceans, also known as gateways, and the associated movements of continents called . At times, continental drift has resulted in the continents fragmenting into many smaller land masses as now, whilst at other times collisions have assembled vast supercontinents with immense mountain chains along their joins. Such constant rearrangement has had a...
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Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation
Society, Politics & Law

Poverty in Scotland 2016: Tools for Transformation

...Open University in Scotland’s national office in Edinburgh. Each of the main Scottish political parties had representatives attending and speaking to the question of poverty and how to tackle it. The audience included politicians, academics, researchers, trade unions, campaigners, third sector organisations and students. The Scottish media were also in attendance. The...
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Solving the care crisis with public investment
Society, Politics & Law

Solving the care crisis with public investment

...Open University, presents research showing that greater public investment in care can complement other urgent policy objectives...This content is associated with The Open University's Economics courses and qualifications. Care needs to keep growing, for early years and for middle and later life. Users, providers and governments agree that the present system is...
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Systems thinking: a select glossary
Money & Business

Systems thinking: a select glossary

...Open University course T205 Systems Thinking, Principles and Practice is an excellent introduction to the discipline. Definitions of some generalized system concepts used in systems practice. Boundary Closed system Communication Connectivity Difficulty Emergent properties Environment Feedback Hierarchy Holon Measure of performance Mess Monitoring and control Networks Open...
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Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics
Society, Politics & Law

Growing plants, growing communities: Climate Camp, Veggie Gardens and Local Politics

...open-field site that has been cordoned off for a number of years – the old St Anne's school grounds, with its derelict building, boarded up, but still standing. And a fascinating bit of local politics converged with global politics, virtually in my own backyard. Climate Camp provides the opportunity for environmental activists to self-develop skills and knowledge about...
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Brain Awareness Week
Science, Maths & Technology

Brain Awareness Week

...courses. Spend a few minutes thinking about what your brain does You could have come up with many different things. For example, the brain controls our movements and our basically bodily functions such as hunger and thirst. It also allows us to interact with the world around us by interpreting information collected by our sense organs and providing a means by which this...
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World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration
Nature & Environment

World Environment Day 2016: Local engagement, global celebration

...open-air cinema to regular activities including walking, running and sailing. If you are into cycling, Dr Mike Dodd’s Red Way Nature Trail, provides suggestions for an 18 km, sight-seeing experience around Milton Keynes’s cycling red ways. If you are short on time but still keen for a lunch-time walk around Open University’s head quarters in Milton Keynes, then try...
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Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five reasons why you should care about mindfulness

...Open University we all started talking about times when we were unintentionally in a state of mindlessness, this happens for people who have used mindfulness therapeutically. Hence we all need to remind ourselves about the value of mindfulness. A practical tip: Take a stroll outdoors, notice how plants and trees change with the season, the smells that meet your nose, how...
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