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Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: exploring the concept

...free voluntary reading’, or ‘independent reading’, in order to capture the reader’s sense of agency and choice (Krashen, 2004). It has also been described as ‘recreational reading’ (Ross, McKechnie and Rothbauer, 2006; Schugar and Dreyer, 2015), reading undertaken for the personal satisfaction of the reader, in their own free time. Synonyms for pleasure...
Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Dominic Willmott
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Lee Curley and Dominic Willmott

Lee Curley and Dominic Willmott discuss their interests in the field of jury research, and recent developments in this area of study...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. Podcast transcript
Medea
History & The Arts

Medea

Discover the Ancient Greek tragedy Medea (by Euripides), in our two-minute animation voiced by Angela Griffin...This content is associated with The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. Transcript
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Mental Health: Lennox Castle
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental Health: Lennox Castle

...course K101 An introduction to health and social care... Mental Health: Lennox Castle A short introduction to this album. An introduction to health and social care Professor Joanna Bornat of the K101 course team gives an overview of The Open University course. Lennox Castle - academic perspective Professor Joanna Bornat of the K101 course team explains why the case study...
A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
Languages

A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...course using a variety of authentic materials from Spain and Latin America to improve your language skills and knowledge of Spanish-speaking societies. The course has seven themes that give a broad introduction to different aspects of Spanish-speaking countries. These are: cultural diversity, art, society, languages in contact, science and technology, trade and employment...
Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context
Nature & Environment

Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context

...course team explore the main issues raised in the videos. The final three audio tracks explore some of the wider political and scientific dimensions of climate change. This material forms part of The Open University course DU311, Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context... Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context A short...
Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Thomas Stocker - Stories of Change

...course of five consecutive assessments, starting with the assessment in 1990 and now with the most recent one in 2013, an integral element of our communication was uncertainty. And we have spent hours, days and weeks to assess very carefully the uncertainty. This time around we even produced at the beginning of the assessment cycle a document that laid out how uncertainty...
The Who Are We? project
Society, Politics & Law

The Who Are We? project

...free six-day cross-platform event, spanning the visual arts, film, photography, design, architecture, the spoken and written word as well as live and digital art as part of Tate Exchange Programme. The event took over a year to produce and was staged between 14 - 19 March at the Tate Modern in London. It generated nearly 5000 visitors and participants during those days,...