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Exploring Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring Psychology

...Open University course DSE212 Exploring psychology... Exploring psychology About this Exploring Psychology album Disability discussed A BBC Disability Affairs correspondent introduces a panel to discuss the issues surrounding identity and disability. Disability and identity Lois Keith reflects on her disability and her change in her sense of identity. Can disability be...
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Winning Resources and Support
Money & Business

Winning Resources and Support

...Open University course B625 Winning resources and support... Winning Resources and Support A short introduction to this album. Legacies in Fundraising Theresa Dauncey from the Legacy Promotion Campaign explains the importance of legacies in fundraising and how organisations can increase their legacy income. Trust fundraising Anthony Clay and Mark Davies discuss the...
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Audio 1 hr 38 mins
An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. [An image of a top hat and phrase by Hercule Poirot]In 2020, crime fiction overtook general and children’s fiction to become the best-selling literary genre in Britain (The Guardian, 2020). In 2021, two novels from Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series occupied first and fourth place in the UK’s...
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The Funny Thing About...
Society, Politics & Law

The Funny Thing About...

...Open University's Richard Heffernan discusses civil servants, spin doctors and politics, using clips from "Yes, Minister" and "The Thick of It". The Funny Thing About…Scientists Are scientists all geeky, bearded men in white lab coats? Featuring clips from "The Fast Show" and "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", The Open University's Professor Hazel Rymer dispels the stereotype....
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The health impacts of FGM
Health, Sports & Psychology

The health impacts of FGM

...course. Who performs FGM and how is it undertaken FGM is commonly performed by lay ‘cutters’ within practising communities. It can include using non-medical instruments to cut skin and solid tissues and structures, without providing anaesthetic for pain relief. Many women and girls do not consent, are not told what will happen, and are forcibly restrained during the...
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Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...Open University's Gerry Mooney discusses the language used to describe poverty in the UK with columnist and writer, Owen Jones ...The language used to describe poverty in the UK has a vital bearing on how welfare policy is implemented, and how policies are perceived by the wider population. The strivers versus skivers debate has framed much of the Government's current...
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EPQs: help and tips
Education & Development

EPQs: help and tips

...Open University’s Open degree qualification. This series of articles includes help and tips from members of AstrobiologyOU, a research group at The Open University, UK. They are all researchers, and the advice they offer comes from their different experiences. They focus on the process of undertaking a dissertation/research review EPQ. If you are doing one of the other...
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Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...Open University, we reached out to students, staff and alumni to hear about their experiences. ...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Social Care qualification. These have been collated into a book – Narratives of COVID: loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19 with over 30 authors from the OU contributing. The book includes essays, poems, and...
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