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Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...on music. Transcript This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A890 _MA Music part 1._...Introducing music research: Introduction - This free course gathers together a range of materials to enable you to explore some of the many possibilities for research music. It gives you a series of snapshots of musicology, emphasising both the breadth of musical topics that might be studied by......
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic
Society, Politics & Law

Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic

...organization al-Shabaab. But Hussen says the numbers are very small. “The vast majority of the community is moving forward. They're integrating. The young people are graduating from colleges and universities. They are increasingly able to access jobs and professions.” This article was originally published on Global Voices; an audio version was first broadcast on PRI....
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The author at home
History & The Arts

The author at home

...What does our interest in writers' belongings, manuscripts or other artefacts say about us? In this short film, Nicola Watson, Professor of English Literature at The Open University, gives a brief summary of some of the popular artefacts that people have visited at writers' houses since the phenomenon began... The Secret Life of Books - Find out more about the series....
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Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?

...universal basic income? Will we need to rethink how economies work, with “nothing less than a global New Deal for a digital world,” as called for by Ben Ramalingam of IDS? Certainly the day was filled with calls for visionary thinking: “This is an opportunity to reimagine how economies are structured and we should not lose out on that opportunity,” said Anne...
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Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...University's Psychology courses and qualifications. The end of the twentieth century was marked by significant political and ideological changes in Europe. The fall of communism in the late 1980s, so vividly represented by the crumbling Berlin Wall, ushered the Eastern and Central European countries into an era of democracy and brought with it the capitalist values which...
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The how and why of podcasting: connection, creation and conversation!
Education & Development

The how and why of podcasting: connection, creation and conversation!

...University's Open Degree. Transcript Podcasting is an effective way of building trust and sharing insights between people with different backgrounds and experiences. They can introduce audiences to topics and debates that share new perspectives. Take a look at the array of podcasts in The Conversation for research backed examples, with audience reach, that relate to...
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How do natural disasters affect mental health?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do natural disasters affect mental health?

...University School of Public Health. He says scientists need to investigate the most effective post-disaster responses to both physical and mental health challenges: “The stigma that you can just ‘get over’ mental illness remains. In truth, one can get over mental illness roughly the same way one can get over a broken bone by oneself – with difficulty, and likely...
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How do ruminants digest?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do ruminants digest?

...University's Biology qualifications. What is a ruminant? The word 'ruminant' is derived from the Latin word ruminare, to chew again. Ruminants are animals with four-part stomachs, which allows them to chew food more than once. [A ruminant's stomach] What is cud-chewing? Cud-chewing is an adaptation that enables many hoofed mammals to break down the cellulose of plant cell...
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