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Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?
Nature & Environment

Can microplastics find their way onto your plate?

...University, looks into this here...Find out more about The Open University's Environment qualifications. “Only One Earth” is the motto of 2022’s World Environment Day . It will focus on the need to live sustainably in harmony with nature, and our possibilities for shifting to a greener lifestyle. It reminds us that our planet is our only home, and we must safeguard...
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The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...a wonderful relationship. If you look across the globe virtually every nation has a history of astronomy or wondering what’s out there. When you look at the universe and the scale of the universe you think why on earth are we arguing? And I think that’s what attracted me to space, it breaks down the barriers, you just see the earth as a planet. We are just one people....
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Video 5 mins
Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...G.E. (eds) Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, Berkeley: University of California Press. Tremlett, P.-F. (2020) Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change: Sovereignties and Disruptions, Bloomsbury: London. Williams, F. E. (1977) ‘The Vailala Madness’ and Other Essays. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. More related free resources...
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Video 20 mins
Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...University led by Dr Verina Waights, have developed a website to support carers through helping them to use digital technologies and get online. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. [Image of a young carer and an older person talking] Over a 100 million people in Europe care for a family member or friend. Many of them...
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Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...Guide for Students by J. Fairbairn and C. Winch, published by Open University Press, 1998; Contains good material on academic reasoning and argument. Clear Thinking by J. Inglis and R. Lewis, published by National Extension College/CollinsEducational, 1993; Contains some excellent material on academic argument. The Scientific Endeavour a Primer on Scientific Principles...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...university, medical laboratory scientists and anyone who is interested in biomedical science. By enrolling on this course you can track your progress in your My OpenLearn profile and earn a free Open University statement of participation on completion. This course is also available to study on FutureLearn where you will have the opportunity to purchase a FutureLearn...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...University of Manchester and other UK institutes claimed that ‘by the end of the second week in April, 29% of the population may already have had the disease’. Many newspapers jumped on this news, which suggests that 19 million out of the 67 million UK residents have already been infected with COVID-19, with survivors now having immunity. This would allow them to...
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Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills
Education & Development

Working as a researcher | Developing research and study skills

...University’s Human Research Ethics Committee website for help.) Have you made diary notes of when you need to start applying for approval? Developing as a researcher What others said: As a teacher I am used to organising how students work and that is what I expected. However … the [EdD] approach was tending to be a reaction [from my supervisors] to what I wrote rather...
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