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A collection: psychology research students' articles
Health, Sports & Psychology

A collection: psychology research students' articles

...what psychologists do? Discover some of the fascinating research our PhD students in the School of Psychology have been doing in these introductory articles. ...This content is associated with The Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. Psychology research students’ topics include criminology, teaching, autism, data privacy, politics and extremism....
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Article 5 mins
Making Social Worlds
Society, Politics & Law

Making Social Worlds

...Open University course DD308 Making social worlds... Making social worlds A short introduction to this album. South African passbooks Obligatory passbooks governed life in South Africa under Apartheid. Classifying races How races were classified after the introduction of the 1950 Population Registration Act. Held hostage to a passbook The impact of passbooks on the...
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Audio 55 mins
Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist
Science, Maths & Technology

Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist

...Open University compares the voyage of the Beagle with his recent mission to Mars. The album concludes with a visit to the Grant Museum of comparative biology at UCL in London, which is dedicated to Robert Edmond Grant, a professor of biology who was an important early influence on Darwin. The tracks on this album were produced by The Open University in collaboration with...
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Audio 45 mins
The weakness of European Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The weakness of European Wales

...educational divide, young vs old, the influence of the right-wing print media, and a trans-national revolt against established elites. These would all have had a significant impact on the result in both Wales and Scotland. However, they don’t tell us why these two nations, which claim a dubious Celtic kinship and which occupy similarly devolved positions within the...
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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...image: West Midlands Police in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The social work phone-in: have your say
Health, Sports & Psychology

The social work phone-in: have your say

Can you decide who should be primarily responsible for care?...Find out more about The Open University's Social Work courses and qualifications. In this interactive, you can share your views and see what the experts think about each dilemma. [Social worker phone-in: share your views] Select the image above to start your journey.
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Activity 10 mins
Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Interpreting data: Boxplots and tables

...4.0 Licence Course image: Paul L Dineen in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...education system, beginning in primary school. Throughout some of England’s most deprived urban centres a disproportionate number of Black boys between 5-10 years old find themselves in daily conflict with mainly white female teachers, where they will experience escalating disciplinary sanctions and high rates of school exclusion. In addition to instilling them with a...
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Video 20 mins