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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research...At the Open University we are looking at asteroids with the OpenScience Observatories to study their rotation and surface. To understand the conditions present in the early solar system, we must study the remnants of its formation. By studying the dynamical and physical properties of the asteroidal bodies...
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Article 10 mins
Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reflections on the Free to Bleed event at the Vagina Museum

...student, seeing these themes move from theory into practice was especially meaningful. Free to Bleed at the Vagina Museum Before the event started, guests were able to explore the museum’s exhibitions. The event then began with keynote speaker, Neelam Heera-Shergill from Cysters, delivering a powerful talk on the decolonisation of the health system and the inequalities...
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Article 5 mins
Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age
History & The Arts

Digital humanities: humanities research in the digital age

...become familiar with core concepts of digital research such as digitisation, metadata, ‘big data’, the FAIR principles, data wrangling, qualitative and quantitative analysis and knowledge infrastructures. While this course will not teach you how to use specific tools or programming languages, it will provide you with a good theoretical foundation upon which you can...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...become more of a factor in modernised urban societies, where (almost by definition) Western influence is greater. It presents a model for musical performance, and is one of many ways in which the West has influenced the rest of the world in the last century or so...Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective: 3.2 Technological change and the mediation of music - The...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
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
One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?
Education & Development

One belief, big impact: could your view of learning improve inclusive practice?

...student from a refugee background is labelled as having ‘language difficulties’. While this may highlight a legitimate need, it also risks framing the student through a deficit lens. What might happen if, instead, we asked: What strengths does this learner bring? What experiences, resilience and perspectives could enrich the learning community? This reframing could...
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Article 5 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
Developing high trust work relationships
Money & Business

Developing high trust work relationships

...become an important topic in today’s business environment. Understanding trust from both an organisational and individual perspective will help you to develop as a leader within your organisation and can impact on the bottom line. Improving levels of trust in the workplace has become increasingly recognised as key to long-term organisational effectiveness and success....
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs