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The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...University, then as a Professor of Moral Philosophy between 1753 and 1763. This was a period when Glasgow was asserting its place as a wealthy city of merchants, and benefiting from Scotland’s recent access to Britain’s growing trade empire. Trade links with North America and the Caribbean had existed long before the Union, and by the 1740s the city had become the...
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What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...University's Open Degree. What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study? [Silhouette with education icons and symbols in their head.] The Merriam Webster dictionary defines “Interdisciplinary” as: “Involving two or more academic, scientific, or artistic disciplines”. So perhaps the best place to start in thinking about the benefits of interdisciplinary study is...
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Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...University of Edinburgh. It involved topics that were very alien to me but there was something about it; something I couldn’t stop thinking about, so I applied and got the post. [Fieldwork on Svalbard, August 2021 ] Fieldwork on Svalbard, August 2021. And now you are an astrobiologist at The Open University, what does astrobiology mean to you? There’s a tendency to...
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African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation
History & The Arts

African Caribbean religions and the problem of representation

...University's Religious Studies qualifications. The master's tool will never dismantle the master's house (A. Lorde) To understand the stigmatisation, misrepresentation and demonisation of African Caribbean religions, it is pivotal to develop a cultural consciousness which could look critically at the narrative constructed by the West during centuries of colonisation,...
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Why teach art?
Education & Development

Why teach art?

...University by visiting our online prospectus...Why teach art?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the underlying values and justifications of teaching art and art history within the school curriculum understand developing strategies to explore and engage with some of the subject criticisms voiced understand enhancing and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...University course E315 Contemporary sport and exercise issues....Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study: Introduction - In this course, doping (performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs) is used as an example of how contemporary issues in sport might be studied. Doping is used to illustrate how you can think about the debates involved in an issue and this will help you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...University. This article is based on research conducted in 2012, the year she graduated from The Open University with her Doctorate in Geography. Dr Wadsley, along with Dr Duika Burges Watson (Newcastle University, formerly Durham) were joint-recipients of the RGS-IBG Neville Shulman Challenge Award for 'Hugging the Coast: an exploration by sea-kayak of liminal living in...
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Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...University by visiting our online prospectus...Democracy? You think you know?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: consider the value of democracy, through examples challenge perceived wisdom about our political systems...Democracy? You think you know?: 1 Is democracy really such a good thing? - Politics is vital to all of our lives. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs