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Why this hub was created
Education & Development

Why this hub was created

...Open University resource should be developed that collated expertise on race and ethnicity, not only for general learning and personal interest to everyone, but also to directly inform BAME OU staff and students on topics that might affect their wellbeing and mental health. [This is a poster from a Black Lives Matter protest of 2020] A poster from a Black Lives Matter...
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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...
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Moon Rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Moon Rocks

...Open University's Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR) is undertaking analysis of lunar basalt collected during the moon landings of the late 1960s and 1970s. The results may provide clues into the origins of the earth. To find out more, follow the research links... Moon Rocks Researcher Mahesh Anand of The Open University's Centre for...
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Newsworthy Lawyers
Society, Politics & Law

Newsworthy Lawyers

...discusses the developments that led to this revolutionary change with Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, under whose professional investigative journalism resulted in the democratisation of law... Newsworthy Lawyers Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss opening up the legal system for public scrutiny....
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Buddhist Economics
Society, Politics & Law

Buddhist Economics

...Open University Business School and Alan Shipman from the Department of Economics at The Open University... The intellectual foundations of the shareholder value model Dr Mike Lucas of The Open University Business School explains how the experience of working and teaching in accounting and finance has forced him to a fundamental reappraisal of the idea that businesses’...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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