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Introducing Geography Matters
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Geography Matters

...Open University's modules on geography, environmental studies and development – though we hope that students who aren't studying those topics will also find them interesting. Geography Matters will launch on 21 March. Among other items, there'll be a short post on Europe's borders, a video about a seedbank in north Norway and its links to wartorn Syria, and an audio...
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Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
Education & Development

Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community

...Open University, I was intrigued by the various staff networks available. There seemed to exist these autonomous, staff-led spaces where individuals with shared experiences could meet to support, motivate, listen to, and be heard by each other. The network for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff appealed to me, and after attending my first meeting I wanted to become...
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Ten commandments of research
History & The Arts

Ten commandments of research

...open? What is available? Archivists are a really nice lot of people but they need warning and consulting. Check essential information. Do you need ID? How many bits of information can you look at at any one time? Can you make copies and how much will it cost? Do a taster first. It is often wise not to dive in straight away but just to look at one item or related items and...
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Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter
Society, Politics & Law

Coping on the Coast: moral economies and liminality at the heart of things that matter

...Open University. This article is based on research conducted in 2012, the year she graduated from The Open University with her Doctorate in Geography. Dr Wadsley, along with Dr Duika Burges Watson (Newcastle University, formerly Durham) were joint-recipients of the RGS-IBG Neville Shulman Challenge Award for 'Hugging the Coast: an exploration by sea-kayak of liminal...
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The weakness of European Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The weakness of European Wales

...course, is a gross over-simplification of an outcome which resulted from a complex set of inter-related factors. Various suggestions have been put forward to explain the Leave vote as a whole, including wealth inequality, an educational divide, young vs old, the influence of the right-wing print media, and a trans-national revolt against established elites. These would...
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Sperm counts
Nature & Environment

Sperm counts

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. [Zeron Gibson and Mike Leahy] Lab Rats Mike Leahy and Zeron Gibson Although I'm a biologist, I rarely think much about what the cloudy white stuff contains, but in fact semen is far more complex than my endearing childhood image of mini tadpoles swimming around in thin wallpaper paste. There are many features of human...
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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...Open University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers OBE. Andrew is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences who has spent most of his academic career at the Open University. And he has always had a strong interest in political geography, but he has also been actively involved in the field of environmental politics and policy making as a politician, government advisor and...
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The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp
Nature & Environment

The unique relationship between the fig and the fig wasp

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications Earth is a set of interconnected systems where changes in one small thing can have knock-on effects to many othersEverything is connected to everything else. That’s one of the themes that runs through A Perfect Planet. The Earth is a set of interconnected systems where changes in one small thing can have knock-on...
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