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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...Studies (LUCSUS) in Lund, Sweden. Her research is on sustaining food and wine systems under climate change. In other words, she seeks a more sustainable, fair, healthy and delicious food system- and good wine to go with it. Her interest in sustainable food is rooted in five generations of farming history in her hometown of Sonoma, California. Follow her on Twitter:...
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Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...study of the ecology of fossil plant and animal communities), go even further back. Astrobiology is interested in how ecological communities develop in extreme environments to enable us to draw out some principles for the development of life on other planets, so a long-term ecological perspective is important. It strikes me that if we look for life at the extremes,...
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The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...study and is the first module in our degree in Health Sciences (Q71). We also run a more detailed third level module on the immune system and infectious diseases called SK320 Infectious diseases that also forms part of our Health Sciences degree. However it is strongly recommended that you do not study a third level module without prior Open University study at a lower...
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The health impacts of FGM
Health, Sports & Psychology

The health impacts of FGM

...study. The Conversation. Published: February 6, 2025. https://theconversation.com/female-genital-mutilation-is-a-leading-cause-of-death-for-girls-where-its-practised-new-study-249171. [Accessed 1st January 2026]. NSPCC (2021) Protecting children from female genital mutilation (FGM). https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/child-abuse-and-neglect/fgm. [Accessed 28th January 2026]....
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Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the issues around defining ‘technology’, ‘innovation’ and ‘innovation management’ recognise the diversity of types of innovation, innovators and innovation settings understand the nature and extent of technological change and innovation critically assess and explain key current issues in our understanding...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...skills by writing a character sketch. You can move on to Week 5 now. If studying this week of Start writing fiction has inspired you, take a look at the area specifically created for you to explore more about writing fiction on OpenLearn...Week 4: Building your story: References - D’Aguiar, F. (1995) The Longest Memory, London, Chatto & Windus. Carver, R. (1981) ‘A...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
History & The Arts

Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes

...skill – traits commonly associated with hegemonic masculinity. Hegemonic masculinity is white, heterosexual, privileged/middle-class, and able-bodied masculinity which is generally represented as opposite and superior to femininity and homosexuality (Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005). Thus hegemonic hyper-masculinity marginalises other masculinities (e.g. black, disabled,...
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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...study of technology that doesn’t exist yet, and artificial general intelligence is a machine that will be as intelligent or more intelligent than a human being and can do the full range of tasks a human could do. So, to give some examples from the movies. The most famous are the Terminators, which are bad! Then there’s also the very famous killer computer from 2001,...
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