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Music as therapy in nineteenth-century Scotland
History & The Arts

Music as therapy in nineteenth-century Scotland

...introduction of concerts organised and performed by patients and staff. Performers were drawn from across the asylum, including several of the attendants (male nursing staff), as well as local musicians from Dumfries town. The first concert given ‘internally’ rather than by external performers was on 26 March 1846, and included piano, flute and violin solos, songs...
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Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...project is set up in a specific way to be a piece that’s workshopped and improvised and then maybe a budget would be allocated for just that, but that isn’t a standard process in radio. It’s you and the producer. And obviously you can, I could always send a scene to the producer and say oh this is, this is what I’m doing what do you think? So you can have a...
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Young children, the outdoors and nature Badge icon
Education & Development

Young children, the outdoors and nature

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey. Once...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. Completing this course and gaining the badge will count towards part of the first assessment of the Open University Masters module EE830 Educating the next generation. The Open University...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...manage to flourish on a salad diet? In this free course, Studying mammals: Plant predators, we will examine the special features that allow them to extract their nutrients from leaves, and see how some plants protect themselves from these predators. This is the fourth course in the Studying mammals series...From the mouse-deer to the elephant, plant eaters come in all...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...manage to save some money rather than spending it. This money does not disappear but is used by financial institutions to invest in other activities which produce emissions. Eventually you might claim all that money back and spend it. Nevertheless, the calculator assumes that not spending directly tends to somewhat reduce your emissions. Goods How is 'green' or...
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Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...Introduction - The global challenge of growing inequalities is intricately linked to the distinction made between those historically regarded as human and those not. You may wonder why the question ‘Who gets to be a human?’ matters. Historically, not all people were considered fully human. Some were considered rational, civilised, and intelligent, thus human, while...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...Introduction - The term European citizenship triggers an immediate association with the European Union, its member states, and people who are citizens of those states. This course develops another way of thinking about European citizenship, whereby European citizenship need not be granted by the state, limited to the territory within the EU borders, or acted out by people...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs