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How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...course, is more or less the approach we take to public health and healthy eating these days. We tend to favour exhortation – reduce fat! exercise more! – over outright intervention of the sort that has seen Mexico impose a 10% tax on sugary drinks, or indeed Bloomberg’s soda ban. Our hope is that public education campaigns will help people choose to eat more...
Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...Germans mainly, and they’d go to them for the behaviour they show of the animals, woodpeckers, etc., that would go on until about the late ‘70s. Only since Life on Earth did they say, ‘Oh, we’ve identified that the audience is keen and willing to have more animal behaviour programmes. We’re not beholden to National Geographic for their occasional specials, so...
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

...course) and tripods; and to contribute to various acts of beautification around the site. [Climate Camp, Lewes] The Lewes climate camp The camp boasts flags and posters and lots of colourful signs, saying things like: 'kid's space', 'tea', 'toilets', and a few huge banners, announcing 'Climate Camp'. The Camp was expected to last about 10 days, taking in the two bank...
Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime
Science, Maths & Technology

Why Rosetta is the greatest space mission of our lifetime

...course, I wasn’t alive for the Apollo landings which will remain the most amazing space missions in history). One could argue that there are many other missions in recent years that are just as impressive, if not more so, than Rosetta. It is usually the ones with the big backing from the US space agency NASA, such as the Curiosity rover mission that spring to mind....
Plastic materials, pollution and recycling
Science, Maths & Technology

Plastic materials, pollution and recycling

...course S350 Evaluating Contemporary Science, see the following link for further details of this course http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/modules/s350 References and further articles Boardman, C., New biodegradable materials could replace plastic bags, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWenDQSvI84 Carné Sánchez, A. and Collinson, S.R., (2011) ‘The selective...
Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...courses and not all of those participating in those courses will have a psychiatric diagnosis. The emphasis within the college is on strengths rather than problems. Each person develops an individual learning plan which guides their journey through their studies. The aim is to offer subjects that would not be available in the local further education colleges and could...
How do musical instruments produce sound?
History & The Arts

How do musical instruments produce sound?

...courses. Here’s a strange question: how many different kinds of instruments are there? Well, the western orchestra has up to thirty different types of instruments. But that does not typically include instruments we recognise every day in popular music, or instruments found in other cultures around the world. It does not include ancient music, nor those waiting to be...
Download our Chinese characters learning apps
Languages

Download our Chinese characters learning apps

Dr Qian Kan, Head of Chinese at The Open University, led the development and the update of the Chinese@OU app, which is ready to download. She explains below why it is important to learn Chinese..._Find out more about The Open University's Languages courses and qualifications._ Chinese@OU app has been updated This free Chinese character learning app is developed by the...