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'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...need for solutions to address economic, social and environmental sustainability aspects. That will ensure, at the very least our ‘good’ food wouldn’t be tainted with the ‘guilt’ of having destroyed biodiversity. Find out more: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity The real story behind cereals Saving Species on Radio 4 International Day for Biodiversity...
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Article 5 mins
Revolutions of the Sixties
History & The Arts

Revolutions of the Sixties

...social revolutions of the 1960s impacted upon American rock musician Janis Joplin (1943–1970). You’ll consider the extent to which the contemporary sexual revolution brought about greater gender equality for female popular musicians such as Janis Joplin and consider whether it might be more accurate to view this as a superficial revolution which masked the reality of...
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Article 10 mins
Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: confronting climate coloniality

...Find out more about D113 Global Challenges: social sciences in action, and the qualifications Geography and Environmental Studies offers. Acknowledgements Thank you to Professor Farhana Sultana, India Logan-Riley, Steve Ratuva, Saleemul Huq, Mia Mottley, Tracey Bunda, Hugo Romero, Philile Mbatha, Poshendra Satyal and Michael Meadows for contributing to the videos....
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Video 50 mins
Imperial Rome and Ostia
History & The Arts

Imperial Rome and Ostia

...of the lavish Pantheon Temple. The Baths of Caracalla Roman baths acted as urban social spaces, like the leisure centres of modern world. This video track explains the routine a Roman might go through upon visiting the baths. The dome of the caldarium This video concludes how the Romans were excellent developers of technology, but not necessarily very inventive....
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Audio 57 mins
Science Communication and Public Engagement
Science, Maths & Technology

Science Communication and Public Engagement

...social networking will professional science broadcasting still retain significance in the future? Is there a role in this new digital world for printed journals and other forms of ‘traditional’ media? Dr Richard Holliman leads discussions exploring the history of science broadcasting and looks at whether emerging forms of user-generated content provide new...
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Audio 1 hr 14 mins
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...work and society, Milton Keynes, The Open University. The Open University (2014b) Y032 Unit 4: Social Science: Individuals and Identity, Milton Keynes, The Open University...Week 2: Using ideas and information from your readings in your writing: Acknowledgements - This course was written by Anna Calvi. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see FAQs), this...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...worked through previous courses? Many courses follow a fairly steady pattern of a bit of theory, followed by an example of what the theory means in practice, followed by an exercise where the learner applies what they have just learned to another situation. Do you recognize this pattern? Have you experienced it? Have you experienced variations on this theme? What were...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Resources for educators
Education & Development

Resources for educators

Design your own CPD with these free resources from The Open University, created for teachers and teaching assistants working across the UK.
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