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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Introduction - This free course, Challenging ideas in mental health, takes you on a journey of discovery where you are invited to challenge ideas, both new and old, in relation to mental health. It is made up of a series of three sections. The first section, ‘Boundaries of explanation’, sets out the theme of boundaries: boundaries within and between groups; within and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...Introduction - Each section of this free course, Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish, will help you develop an understanding of spoken Spanish through watching video portraits of six people talking at a natural pace about themselves and their lives. Using videos for language improvement is powerfully motivating because as well as hearing people talk, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology
Education & Development

Little white lies: Whiteness, reflexivity, race and criminology

...introduction so as to help establish the significance for criminologists of the pulse of Empire that flows so silently through our discipline. Our engagements with criminology are formed through events we have experienced directly but write about infrequently because they are considered ‘ultra vires’, out of scope for being intimate, private or domestic. No...
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Video 30 mins
Ethics in science?
Science, Maths & Technology

Ethics in science?

...Introduction - The question scientists should always ask themselves before carrying out an experiment is, I can do it, but should I do it? This question becomes more important as our technical scientific capabilities enable us, as a society, to push back the boundaries of the possible. An experiment can be scientifically robust but could still be considered ‘bad...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Abbie Barnes - Earth in Vision

...Project My name is Abbie Barnes, I’m a semi-professional filmmaker based in the Southwest of England and I make films based on wildlife, conservation, adventure, pretty much anything that goes that’s to do with the outdoors. What got me interested in the natural world Well I’ve always had a passion for the outdoors and wildlife, I mean my parents are backpackers and...
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Video 30 mins
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast
History & The Arts

Ian Kershaw on Hitler's Place In History: The Lecture Podcast

...introduction to the lecturer The full lecture A question-and-answer session with Professor Kershaw Introducing Ian Kershaw [Ian Kershaw] Presenter: Good evening and welcome to the first annual Open University BBC Four History Lecture. Our lecturer tonight is one of the most distinguished scholars currently working in Britain, Ian Kershaw, who’s Professor of Modern...
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Audio 45 mins
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...Introduction: Introduction - This free course, From Brexit to the Break-up of Britain?, is focused on the 2016 referendum vote on membership of the European Union. It aims to do so in ways that go beyond the familiar debates over whether the outcome was right or wrong. Instead it focuses on what the vote has to tell us about the United Kingdom and its future. In the 23...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs