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How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints

...out about The Open University's Environment courses Shrinking footprints Climate change presents humanity with a series of enormous challenges. Unifying these is a single imperative: to avoid catastrophic climate change impacts by capping global temperature rises to 1.5℃. Achieving this is a monumental challenge, and requires every corporation, government and citizen to...
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An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to European crime fiction since 1945

...out about The Open University's Languages, cultures and communication courses. [An image of a top hat and phrase by Hercule Poirot]In 2020, crime fiction overtook general and children’s fiction to become the best-selling literary genre in Britain (The Guardian, 2020). In 2021, two novels from Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series occupied first and fourth place...
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Tubman: The Moses of Her People
History & The Arts

Tubman: The Moses of Her People

...out of the three million people who were slaves escaped successfully each year, almost all from the northern parts of the South. Escape from the deep South was near impossible. Northern abolitionists celebrated the Railroad as a mighty blow against the slave system. Tubman herself was in touch with the abolitionist leaders, and made public appearances at abolitionist...
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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...out the case for reparations for the state...Find out about The Open University's law courses. History The English discovery of Barbados occurred in 1625 and it was settled in 1627. I use ‘discover’ in the context of England discovering the island, as opposed to it being discovered as an island. Despite evidence of indigenous populations having been present in...
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Citational politics
Education & Development

Citational politics

...out in the section about asking research questions, the literature you engage with shapes what is accepted as the evidence base for your research project. It has the capacity to determine priorities in your field of interest. In the video below, Professors Carol Azumah Dennis and Jenny Douglas talk about their own experiences as academics of citational politics....
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Article 20 mins
Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war
History & The Arts

Opening up history: the intersections of tobacco consumption and modern war

...out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. 1. What first got you interested in history? [Dr Michael Reeve]I always find this sort of question interesting, and a bit tricky, as I have not always been ‘into’ history – I didn’t study it at GCSE or A Level, for instance (choosing geography and sociology instead) – but I sort...
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Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War
History & The Arts

Opening up history: anti-nuclear activism during the Cold War

...out more about The Open University's Arts and Humanities courses and qualifications. 1. What first got you interested in history? [Luc-André Brunet]As an undergraduate student, I did an interdisciplinary liberal arts degree in Canada, which included a fair bit of history. I spent one year abroad in Paris, where most of my modules were on French history, which I loved....
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Sound for music technology: An introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Sound for music technology: An introduction

...out this complexity, and we shall do this together, based on your own experience with sound. To start, I'd like to propose some listening activities. Activity 1 (Listening, Exploratory) Listen to the eight audio tracks associated with this activity. The purpose of this activity is to put your understanding of sound into perspective, to provide a basis for the exploration...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs