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Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...social workers have to make in their jobs...[Truth] Would you like to have a go at making the kinds of decisions that social workers responsible for protecting children are routinely involved in? The following case study is based on real life experiences of social workers, but for the purpose of this activity all characters have been fictionalised and details have also...
Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...social relationships, the impact of globalisation, and the way green spaces are utilised become ever more pressing concerns. The tracks on this album explore some of the challenges faced across the world as citizens and administrators adapt to ever increasing pressures on city spaces and resources. The material forms part of the course DD304, Understanding Cities......
Audio 1 hr 50 mins
Studying mammals: Meat eaters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Meat eaters

...social behaviour. This is the fifth course in the Studying mammals series...The powerful and majestic carnivores are the focus of many television documentaries. In this free course, Studying mammals: Meat eaters, we will delve into the lives of these fearsome hunters and explore their physical adaptations and social behaviour. This is the fifth course in the Studying...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...social contract between citizens and the state. The idea of a social contract is a key feature of the classical school and includes the notion that transgressions that breach the social contract are seen by society as ‘crimes’ (Williams and McShane, 1999). Accordingly, the punishment of individuals is justified as a deterrent from criminal behaviour and to preserve...
Investigating addiction
Science, Maths & Technology

Investigating addiction

...social environment influence addictive behaviours? In this album, scientists in the US and the UK explore the psychology and biology of addiction by subjecting a recovering alcoholic and his sister, a non-addict, to a range of physiological, psychological and genetic studies. The results raise interesting questions about brain patterns underlying addictions, and how...
Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Research Modes, Moves, Methods

...social world. Interests, abilities, opportunities and academic skills have played their part – and some unconscious processes. In my PhD, investigating 'technological innovation in car production', (the introduction of robots) in the mid-1980s, in Britain and Brazil, there was a clear desire to connect with my father’s mechanical knowledge and attraction to motor...
PodMag September 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag September 2016

...Social Sciences and Arts (FASS) at The Open University...This edition of the PodMag focuses on starting to study, either for the first time or beginning a new module. We hear from Georgina Blakeley about her top tips for studying, Alison Green talks about the merger between Arts and Social Sciences, and Nicky Harlow talks about how essays are marked, and what advice she...
Intermediate French: Holiday plans
Languages

Intermediate French: Holiday plans

...temps sur le bord. Narrator La plupart des vacanciers sur cette plage sont venus en famille, mais pas tous. Qu'est-ce que vous cherchez dans une plage, qu'est-ce qu'il vous fait, qu'est-ce que vous préférez? Étienne Le calme. Narrator Donc, il y a trop de monde ici. Étienne Voilà. Narrator Oui oui. Des familles, trop de gosses... Étienne Voilà. Beaucoup trop....
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs