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How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...student with Downs Syndrome and a teacher] A wealth of research has investigated the ways in which the brain, and other parts of the body, respond to the arts. Many art forms trigger both intellectual and multi-sensory responses, drawing on different areas of the brain. Many also invoke an emotional response, perhaps engaging with memories. Some art forms further include...
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Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...become hostile to all migrants, regardless of whether or not they are lawfully resident in the UK – including, for example, the recent scandal relating to the Windrush generation. Despite these restrictions, there are many examples where social workers can, and do, support people with insecure immigration status in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. For example,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...OU PhD student) John Harrison about colour perception and synaesthesia. HELEN KING Hello, I’m Helen King. And I’m Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University. And I’m joined today by John Harrison who’s an applied psychologist and also a PhD student in the Department of Classics here. Thanks very much for coming, John. JOHN HARRISON Pleasure. Thank you,...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...becomes harmonious and the pieces fall into place of themselves. But the first days, by God, it is such a bewildering chaos of colours that your poor imagination is dazzled ... There is much jostling and arguing and fighting and rolling on the ground ... Semitic syllables crack the air like whiplashes. You brush against all the costumes of the Orient. (pp. 79–80) As...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Presenting information
Digital & Computing

Presenting information

...students, 120 said that they mainly use a laptop in their studies rather than a desktop computer. What percentage of students use a laptop? On a production line for computer monitors, 3 out of 750 monitors are faulty. What percentage of monitors are faulty? Answer 420 / 700×100=60 So 60% of the people surveyed use the internet for general browsing. 120 / 320×100=37.5 So...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...becomes infected. Here a distinction is made between the infectious disease caused by a particular agent and the disease symptoms. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion in common parlance about different diseases. Often, people say that they have ‘a bit of flu’ when they have an infection with some other virus, or a bacterium that produces flu-like symptoms. Such...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...student with AstrobiologyOU, made a short video to show how she creates a mind map (Figure 5) to identify keywords before starting her literature search. Watch how Devyani creates a mind map Photo of mind map [Devyani's mindmap]Figure 5 Devyani's mind mapShow descriptionA photograph of Devyani's mind map. In the centre is her starting point ‘Tips for finding good...
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Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...answer for Question 1c here What does Verónica’s brother do? He is a teacher. He is a student. He works in IT. a. He is a teacher. b. He is a student. c. He works in IT. The correct answer is a...Week 2: Everyday activities: 6 Finding verbs in a dictionary - When you want to look up a verb in the dictionary, you will generally find only the infinitive form. So, if you are reading a text and come across a ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs