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Now live: Could we control our climate?
Science, Maths & Technology

Now live: Could we control our climate?

...course tells the story of climate science in a new way, aiming to find a fresh perspective for thinking about the future...[Photograph of Moraine lake, Alberta. The photo shows a blue-green expanse of lake water, with dense forest on the left, and rocky mountainous terrain to the right of the lake.] Climate change is one of the greatest challenges we face as a society,...
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What were Victorian pauper's graves like?
History & The Arts

What were Victorian pauper's graves like?

...opened for about four weeks. The grave was what is called a pauper's grave. Such graves as these were kept open until there 17 or 18 bodies interred in them; there was only the body of a still-born infant in the one in question. It was not the custom to put any earth between the coffins in those graves, except in case where the persons died of contagious diseases and in...
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After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...Open University's History courses and qualifications [Nationalists demonstrating in Cairo in march 1919] Egyptian nationalists demonstrating in Cairo, March 1919 In 2011, millions tuned in to watch extraordinary scenes of enormous demonstrations in the centre of Cairo against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who was forced to relinquish power. The Egyptian Revolution...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses and qualifications. There is still a great deal we don’t know about the history of sex education. The research that has been done is largely about school sex education during the 20th century. School sex education is important, yet most of us learn little of what we know about sex from our schooling. We learn it from...
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Scotland and The Battle for Britain: Key places
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland and The Battle for Britain: Key places

...large cities to uninhabited islands. Below we map some of the locations from the programme and from our timeline of key moments in Scottish political history. Select a map marker to reveal the name and some information. If you'd like to explore in more detail, you can open the map in a new tab. Place information taken from Wikipedia under a Creative Commons licence....
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PodMag October 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag October 2016

...Open University...This edition of the PodMag focuses on some exciting new modules currently in development. We hear from Paul Lawrence about the innovative new Level 2 History module on the birth of modern Britain, Helen Kaye talks about the new 3rd level Psychology module where students can undertake their own research, and Catriona Havard tells us about the exciting 3rd...
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Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?
History & The Arts

Religion, Faith, Spirituality and Worldviews?

...at four frequently used terms: religion, faith, spirituality, and worldviews. We see that while they will sometimes overlap, they are often used for specific reasons. One of the issues which the Open University’s Religion, Belief and Worldviews Hub addresses is why the language we choose matters, and why it can change markedly according to time and place? Transcript...
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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...Open University in Scotland, and Scottish Union Learning, part of the Scottish Trade Union Congress. Work on this project commenced in 2021 and the primary aim of the collection was to contribute towards filling the gap in the recorded history of women’s role in workplace struggles in Scotland over the past 120 years or so. Important investigations and research have...
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