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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...history of the Solar System in our The Magic of Meteorites hub. In our FREE course 'Astronomy with an online telescope', you get to use The Open University’s own robotic telescope facility COAST sited on the island of Tenerife. How cool is that? …And finally, for those of you with a dirty mind, we'll let you know our free course with the most hilarious title. Who says...
DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...History and Practice of 18th-Century Dyeing Fibrecrafts catalogue, available from 1 Old Portsmouth Road, Peasmarsh, Guildford, Surrey Ingamells W., Colour for Textiles: A user’s handbook, Society of Dyers and Colourists Barrow J. D., The Artful Universe, Oxford University Press A quite remarkable book that will change the way you view the world. Extremely accessible....
How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?
Education & Development

How can we dismantle racism in public institutions and services?

...histories of police force development, demography, scale and cultural norms between (and within) the US and UK are evident. Rather, the intent is to discuss some similarities in terms of racism in both countries and how it manifests in policing. This discussion demonstrates that there is more work to be done in both the US and the UK to inform change. Another aim is that...
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Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...family – although perhaps she may have taken a formal course in cooking or nutrition. Another important point which is highlighted in Angela’s story is how we are all learning all the time – it doesn’t stop!...Week 1: What is learning?: 2 Thinking about someone else’s ideas - [Peter Jarvis] Figure 4 Peter Jarvis If a topic is interesting it will usually attract...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can comedy change your life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can comedy change your life?

...family. “The lad came up to me and went: ‘I’m here on my own… I think I’m gay and I’m going to tell my parents about it tonight.’” In another instance, a woman who brought her “very grumpy” dad to a gig told Amos that his set had made her father rethink his views on gay people. “Oh my god, when you touch people on that level? What I’m doing is...
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...history of technological innovation and change (and its organisational equivalent) has been nothing short of remarkable. Indeed, it has long been recognised that these two forms of innovation sit at the core of capitalism and largely account for the ‘success’ of capitalist societies over other forms of economic and social relations (Harvey, 2010). Approaching this...
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...family and social obligations. Black people are proportionately more likely to travel by bus or rail than white people (UK Government, 2020). Therefore, expensive and/or unreliable public transport will affect Black people proportionately more than it will white people. Both the cost of rail and bus journeys continue to grow year on year, a trend that has been steady...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...family business, and almost as soon as he was of age he was elected MP for Hull, in September 1780. In 1784 he became MP for the county of Yorkshire, an immense and populous constituency, which gave him an important power base. [Figure 1] Figure 1 John Rising, William Wilberforce, oil on canvas, 220 × 130 cm., Wilberforce House, Hull City Museums and Art Galleries....
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs