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Child mental health: is it in crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Child mental health: is it in crisis?

...thinking about what your initial response is to the statement below, if you had to pick from one of the following five options. Note that you will be able to see the results of all those participating in this poll, but no individual will be identified. We are facing a crisis in terms of the mental health of children and young people in the UK Part 2 Reflect on why you...
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...system. When the piston reaches the bottom of the stroke the inlet valve closes. On the next stroke this air/fuel mixture is then compressed into typically one-tenth of its original volume, creating a highly inflammable mixture which is then ignited using an electric spark on a sparking plug. The gases then burn very rapidly reaching a high temperature (750 °C or more)...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...think you would do in this situation? At what point would you stop? 200 volts? 150 volts? Would you respond to the cries of your fellow volunteer or would you complete the job you agreed to do and carry out the instructions of the experimenter? How many people do you think would continue to follow the orders? At what point do you think people would stop? Before Milgram...
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...System of Professed Christians… Contrasted with Real Christianity (1797) which was very popular and influential at the time. Reading and understanding parts of this text and some of his writings on slavery form the substance of this course. The study of Wilberforce provides insights not only into the interactions between the Evangelical movement and its wider social and...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Week 6 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 6 Civilisations: The debate

...a chord and why do you think it did make a particular impression on you? Was it because it showed a new aspect of a work of art or object you were already familiar with? Or maybe because you had never seen the object or work of art before and it took your breath away? And which visual object expresses the encounter between these cultures most strikingly in your view?...
Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens
History & The Arts

Wales and music: a conversation with Huw Stephens

...think about themselves collectively as a nation, and the way in which the Welsh are perceived outside Wales...Find out more about The Open University’s music courses  Dr Martin V. Clarke and Dr Helen Barlow sit down to talk with radio DJ and TV presenter Huw Stephens about the idea of Wales as a ‘musical nation’. This discussion took place on 28 November 2022,...
Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...thinking there is just the one time the same for everyone. Professor Russell Stannard shows how relativity theory shows this not to be the case. The Nature of Matter Professor Russell Stannard explores the nature of matter and how complete our understanding of matter can be. The Wave Particle Paradox Professor Russell Stannard looks at the Wave/Particle Paradox and Neils...
The relativistic Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The relativistic Universe

...think that dark energy must exist? This album is an introduction to The Open University course S383 The relativistic Universe... The Relativistic Universe An introduction to this album Telescopes and the universe's evolution The latest technology can look almost all the way back to the Big Bang, and may soon identify the first stars and galaxies Cosmic Microwave...