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Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...open in a separate browser window throughout your study. To help you manage your studies, and if you plan to study further, you might like to think about obtaining a copy of The Sciences Good Study Guide by A. Northedge et al., published by Open University Worldwide. Where particular skills, such as reading, note taking and using diagrams may be needed to help your study,...
Rights and justice in international relations
Society, Politics & Law

Rights and justice in international relations

...Rights and justice in international relations’ by Raia Prokhovnik. © United Nations Photo Library Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Start writing fiction: References - Burroway, Janet (2003) Writing Fiction: a guide to narrative craft, 6th edition, Harlow: Longman. Byatt, A.S. (2001) The Biographer's Tale, London: Vintage. Carter, Angela (1996) ‘The courtship of Mr Lyon’, in Burning Your Boats:...
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The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex
History & The Arts

The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex

...open up the body and move the retained blood around. It’s interesting that the idea of a “disease” worked for those who believed in the hymen as a barrier, and for those who didn’t. The latter thought that the problem was a different sort of closure, that of little internal “mouths” that allowed blood from all over the body to get into the womb in the first...
Bowie as a conduit
History & The Arts

Bowie as a conduit

...opened doors to different music and stranger books. Professor Richard Brown writes about how Bowie influenced his tastes...[David Bowie Street art in Brixton, South London] I first listened to David Bowie aged fourteen in 1981. He was my first foray outside of the puritanical fastnesses of Punk Rock. Punk joyously declared the music of its immediate forebears dated, dead,...
Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned
Society, Politics & Law

Fiscal policy in the post-financial crisis era: debates and lessons learned

...Open University's Economics courses and qualifications. On 25 May 2022, OU Economics hosted a seminar with Dr Ayobami Ilori, Lecturer and Staff Tutor at The Open University and Dr Moustafa Chatzouz, a macroeconomist, who leads the data science and fiscal policy modelling branch at HM Treasury. Trailer Watch the trailer below for the seminar, Fiscal policy in the...
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How OpenLearn uses third-party content

...Open University is of the same high quality as other material on OpenLearn...The core content on OpenLearn is written by experts from The Open University, drawn from our academic and campus body. However, we also publish (or republish) content from experts outside the OU. Sometimes the material has been commissioned directly by our team; in these cases: The contributor...
Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

Five smart technologies helping the visually impaired

...Open University for BBC Radio 4's sociological discussion programme, Thinking Allowed. Bluetooth Beacons Bluetooth, the technology behind wireless speakers and headphones, has a role to play in navigation for the visually impaired too. Because GPS signals come from satellites, it only works well in open spaces where there is a clear line of sight to the sky. The webs of...