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Review: Europe Reset
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Europe Reset

...work, he argues, because it is divided along simplistic pro- and anti-integration lines, and lacks legitimacy with citizens. Indeed, he accurately points out that the EU already has a plethora of accountability mechanisms built into it. What is missing are ‘participative forums that connect citizens to the EU project’. The key concept in the book is that of...
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Brain Awareness Week
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Brain Awareness Week

...workings of our brains give rise to consciousness. Questions about the brain are actively being investigated by neuroscientists around the world, including by researchers at the Open University - here's what our PhD students from Life, Health and Chemical Sciences have been up to in the labs. The first two articles re new and from academics at The Open University: Brain...
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A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...working with a patient who had a chronic venous leg ulcer for several years. All options of treatment that the medical staff were aware of had been tried and the ulcer was not improving. They discussed this with the patient and explained that there might be other dressings or treatments available, suggesting that a photograph be taken and shared in a closed,...
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My OpenLearn account

...work on Chrome so please access via other browsers) • UK: https://www.open.ac.uk/contact/new, choose the subject of query: delete online account • Non-UK: https://www.open.ac.uk/request/marketing-forms/email-us-form-int, choose the subject of query: other Once this has been requested, you will hear confirmation separately from the relevant team. You can find out more...
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Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Health, Sports & Psychology

Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott

...working-class district of Dublin), Lynott lived at the intersection of race and class in a predominantly white and conservative Ireland. While his upbringing instilled in him ‘an acute sense of national and gender identity’ (Smyth, 2005, p. 39), his skin colour and illegitimacy made him the target of racial and social prejudice. Lynott’s music became a way for him...
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Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever
History & The Arts

Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever

...work with patterns. Repeating patterns of notes and repeating patterns of rhythms are what enable listeners to follow and understand a piece of music. Many composers have been fascinated by the effects that can be created by repeating the same pattern over and over again, something that music theory calls an ostinato. Some composers have taken such things to extremes:...
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What is climate psychology?
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What is climate psychology?

...work in trying to understand and communicate denial of climate change and increasingly helping people with the anxiety and distress experienced when faced with the seriousness of the climate crisis. On the Climate Psychology Alliance website, this is how their work is described: Climate Psychology is concerned with the emotions and the social and mental processes that...
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Fantasy fiction: an introduction
History & The Arts

Fantasy fiction: an introduction

...works of the 1950s and 1960s, such as J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea series. This is the moment when fantasy fiction as we know it today really took off. And speaking of multiple media, it is possible that you have played the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game, first published...
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