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Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...study materials, links to some of the most important institutions that contribute to our understanding of the history of Wales, and a pool of resources that can help you understand Welsh history and the way it is studied. Included in the material is a taster of the Open University course Small country, big history: themes in the history of Wales (A182)...This free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...studying and developing your skills with The Open University: OU study explained Skills for study...Approaching literature: Reading Great Expectations: References - Further reading Many of the most important of the numerous studies of Dickens in general and of Great Expectations in particular have already been referred to, but you may also like to ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The science of nutrition and healthy eating Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of nutrition and healthy eating

...study, you should be able to understand: why we eat and the factors that affect hunger the different macronutrients and their function in the human body the different micronutrients and their function in the human body. Before you start, The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations of the course....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...studied and how the physical properties of a particular habitat interact with the organisms that inhabit it. Using case studies, you will come to learn how knowledge of ecosystems leads to understanding of their individual importance, and how they can be preserved...Gain an understanding of the natural world and how the web of life works, with illustrations from around...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...study. RH: OK. So tell me what you’ve found which is new? CP: So with the warming that we’ve had what we expected and what we’ve generally found is that most species are responding by either changing where they live, by shifting poleward or up the mountains or changing the timing of spring events, so they’re breeding early, emerging earlier, migrating earlier. But...
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Audio 5 mins
Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...study. The events I’ll describe connect the human world of science and politics, and the non-human world of material objects and other living things like plants, in a way that only a subject like Geography can do. So we start in Syria, a place which has been the site of intense armed conflict and political and social instability. The immediate human cost of war is...
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Audio 5 mins
Equity-based research design
Education & Development

Equity-based research design

...Studies in Education, 5(2), pp. 101–15. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/0951839920050202 (Accessed: 23 April 2025). Fox, A. and Busher, H. (2022) ‘Democratising ethical regulation and practice in educational research’, Education Sciences, 12(10), p. 674. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12100674 (Accessed: 23 April 2025). Jack, V. (2016)...
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Article 30 mins
A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth
Society, Politics & Law

A Black feminist approach to explore the policing of Black youth

...study by Henning (2018) also points to the fact that white police officers tend to overestimate the ages of Black boys and underestimate the ages of their white peers. Moreover, Henning’s work suggests that harassment and negative interaction with white police officers experienced as boys, hugely negate attitudes toward the police as these Black boys grow to adulthood....
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Article 10 mins