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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. Hip Hop Hip hop is a Black radical knowledge movement that emerged in post-industrial urban North America in the 1970s and that has now become a global phenomenon and source of cultural inspiration for marginalised youth from around the world. The term ‘hip hop’ was coined in the late 1970s, possibly in the South...
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Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...course provides a taster for studying other Italian short courses at The Open University’s Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Some activities in this course use an audio-recording tool. This may not work correctly in the Safari browser on Apple Mac computers. Please try another browser such as Google Chrome to run this...Beginners’ Italian: food and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...Open University course K240 Mental health and community....Work and mental health: Introduction - In this free course, Work and mental health, you will explore how employment affects mental health and consider the way in which people can be supported back to work. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K240 Mental health and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...Open University's Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership (CVSL). The CVSL was established thanks to the generous support of Mr Anthony Nutt BA. This course is an update of the course Introducing leadership in voluntary organisations. ...Week 2: Leadership as person: traits leadership: Introduction - During this week you will be introduced to the idea of leadership as...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...Open University's Geography courses and qualifications Trees have been in the news a lot recently with political parties trying to outdo each other on tree planting pledges. As the climate crisis has risen up the political agenda, trees and tree planting have been recognised as an important response since they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they grow. A...
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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One

...Open University's Open degree qualification. [People look at Facebook in this cartoon, with varying responses to the range of gender identities on offer] February is a pretty busy time for somebody who writes about sex, gender and relationships, what with the coinciding of LGBT history month and Valentine’s Day. This year, however, I thought I could rest up a bit on...
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Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football: an update

...open pyramid that offered genuine opportunities for clubs to progress to the next level whilst maintaining relegation. WSL teams performing consistently in the UEFA Champions League. Commercial sponsorships that are different to the men’s teams at the same club. Greater diversity in the profile of professional players. As the 2025 edition of the Euros approaches it is...
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Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity
History & The Arts

Black Majority Churches (BMCs) and the transformation of British Christianity

...Open University during Black History Month in 2020, I discussed the early emergence of Black Majority Churches. In the talk I wanted to highlight a few themes: Diversity and significance While ‘Black Majority Church(es)’ has been adopted by many Black Christian leaders as an umbrella label, this represents a significant theological and ecclesiological diversity. Many...
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