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Study skills: one-minute tips
Education & Development

Study skills: one-minute tips

Check out our series of one-minute animations exploring revision tips, beating procrastination, what’s involved in a remote exam and other study skills...Find out more about The Open University's BA/BSc (Honours) Open degree.
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Some thoughts on Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Some thoughts on Brexit

...Open University, shares his thoughts on Brexit...[The EU and British Flag next to one another. ] This blog post was written on the 19th July 2016. Here in the UK we are all in a land of confusion and make-believe. Everyone has their own analysis and thoughts of what is happening and why. Here (quickly) are mine. In Chinese medicine a distinction is drawn between a...
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Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...course of his research, Ronson met up with Trevor Beattie, who mused about what this might mean for all of us: I am at a table towards the back of the hangar, listening to the speeches with future astronaut Trevor Beattie. He's the working-class Birmingham boy who made his millions as an ad man – famous for Wonderbra's Hello Boys posters, and French Connection's FCUK...
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World Bipolar Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Bipolar Day

...Open University’s Health and Wellbeing qualifications. Around 2% of people - or 1 in 50 people - have bipolar, which was formerly known as manic depression. It is a severe mental illness characterised by extreme mood swings and changes in energy levels. Someone with bipolar can have long or short periods of stability, but can then move into a deep depression or into a...
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Supporting student-led research
Education & Development

Supporting student-led research

...courses at its UK wide network of centres each year. The CRC provides resources, teaching materials and guidance to support student-led research. This partnership evolved in response to changes in the A Level Geography curriculum requiring students to design, carry out and report on an independent piece of field work enquiry. These individual investigations are now a...
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Understanding Fitness to Practise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding Fitness to Practise

...Open University conducted a study aimed to understand the experience of people being a witness in the Fitness to Practise process. The research focused on cases where the witness or their family member had died or believed that someone seriously harmed them. The project involved input from members of the public, regulators, professionals, employers, lawyers and the...
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Measure the speed of light with your microwave
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the speed of light with your microwave

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications The microwave cooker. Handy for all manner of food-related tasks. It's hardly standard equipment for the science laboratory, is it? Perhaps it should be. Watch Cosmic Chocolate: Transcript The explanation If you've watched the video above you might be puzzled. How did we measure the speed of light using chocolate and a...
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Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities

...Open University Course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future... Innovation Design: Sustainable Communities A short introduction to this album. Demonstrating sustainability in Scotland A community designed to be sustainable, environmentally friendly and ecologically sound. Designing an eco-village The architect of Beddington zero fossil energy development...
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