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Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'
Education & Development

Supporting young researchers with 'MyShout!'

...Open Research Online repository and requesting a copy of the full published papers. You can find out more about the Open University’s Children’s Research Centre by looking at their website and you can see research carried out by children and young people here. If you are interested in learning more about the lives of young people, then please see the Open University...
Geography Matters: A Collection
Society, Politics & Law

Geography Matters: A Collection

...Open University? ...[Geography Matters, cartoon] Geography Matters is a series of short articles, videos and podcasts by geographers from across the university. Whether you’re thinking about studying with the OU, looking for some extra reading between modules, or just wanting to learn more about Geography, the Geography Matters collection is the place to be. If you are...
Women in Law
Society, Politics & Law

Women in Law

...working conditions at the top of the legal world simply not appeal to women in the profession? Gary Slapper, Professor of Law at The Open University discusses the issues with Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times... Women in Law Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times discuss the role of women in the legal profession....
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Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community
Science, Maths & Technology

Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community

...open for weather experts, people passionate with weather, and people having an interest in weather. You can sign up with the online Weather-it community, create and join weather missions (investigations), collaborate with weather experts or help non-experts, meet and discuss with the other community members, and you can also win prizes every month (top contributor, best...
Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Thrill seeking and risk taking - what has made extreme sports into a worldwide phenomenon?

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. Over the last 50 years the interest in extreme sports has increased significantly, with risk-taking behaviour in sport being used to describe engagement in high-risk leisure activities such as skiing and skydiving which tend to be characterised as activities that involve hazards (Jones et al, 2015). These are...
Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum
Health, Sports & Psychology

Co-production – challenges and opportunities for the Higher Education curriculum

...course team. Resources are recommended at the end for wider reading about the purpose and value of co-production. The focus of this article is on applying principles that challenge conventional academic processes and promote collaboration and equal knowledge to enhance the quality of teaching and learning. Co-production in social work education Social work education has...
Maintaining social order with gruesome images of Hell
History & The Arts

Maintaining social order with gruesome images of Hell

...Open University, explains the meaning of a fresco in the church of Kitiros in Crete...Long before Dan Brown's "Inferno" fresco painters on the island of Crete attempted to create their vision of Hell. New research sheds light on how these images helped to maintain social order. The frescoes pictured damnation and torture, but employed a touch of modern advertising...
Privacy Laws and the Media
Society, Politics & Law

Privacy Laws and the Media

...Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss the need to balance individual privacy with free speech, and the ability of those in the media to express an opinion without the threat of legal action... Privacy Laws and The Media Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times discuss issues surrounding...