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Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...open sewer with a squashed cat and all this sort of detritus around the place. And there Hogarth is actually exposing these people - you know if you tear off their finery they'll be stinking and sweating and pissing just like the rest of us. And so what the Heath picture is doing is showing that things might appear to be clean and good on the outside but actually we've...
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Article 30 mins
Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...Open University course K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice...Introducing public health: Learning Outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of the wider determinants of health and ill-health demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of the roles of people and agencies who...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...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 survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

...opening of the last movement of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K570, in the video clips in AA314_1. Activity 1 Example 1 is the score of bars 1–4 of the third movement of K570 and Examples 2 and 3 show part of the multi-layered analysis built up in the video clips. Listen to the extract below, and then listen through three more times, first following the score (Example 1),...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law....An introduction to social work law: Introduction - In this free course, An introduction to social work law, you will consider the role of social workers and the values that shape social work practice. You will be asked to examine some of your preconceptions about social work and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Jean-Francois Soussana - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Jean Francois Soussana interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer JFS: = Jean Francois Soussana, Scientific Director, INRA, participant RH: Please say your name and what you do. JFS: Jean Francois Soussana. I’m Scientific Director for Environment at INRA which is a French research institution. RH: Tell me, you’ve been...
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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...source of carbon emissions, especially in the construction industry. But in practise most people aren’t really aware of it and it is rarely measured in construction or renovation projects. This article explores three reasons we should all care about embodied carbon. First though, what is it? Let's take an example: I would like to replace my draughty single glazed wooden...
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Article 10 mins
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...openness, listening and willingness to understand alternative views, surprising discoveries can be made. A scientist on a fieldwork campaign may not immediately be able to identify a species that lives in that environment, but local people can. In biodiversity studies, new species are discovered on every fieldtrip but this couldn’t be done without local para-taxonomists...
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Article 10 mins