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What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...open and are reading to two children, who are stood either side of the chair.] Remember the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’? This German fairy tale was collected and published in Grimms’ first collection of tales in 1812. It is a story many of us may remember having read to us as children or finding on book-shelves at school. In this activity you will try to identify...
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...Open University with support from the UK Government's National Cyber Security Programme and can be accessed free of charge. Please tell us more about your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and personal skill development! We would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete this survey and tell us about yourself and your experiences of CPD and lifelong...
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...Openness (with high scorers interested in art and abstract ideas, low scorers practical and down to earth), Conscientiousness (with high scorers methodical and dutiful, low scorers more distractible), and Agreeableness (with high scorers cooperative and trusting, and low scorers more aggressive and hostile). Together these make up the ‘big five’, or OCEAN (Openness,...
Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...opens up the opportunity for some more honest discussion about veganism. These lively debates in exchanges illustrate many of the issues that we've discussed but they also see many of the old stereotypes and assumptions challenged. Like many progressive social movements, veganism still seems to stimulate a lot of defensive responses. -End of opinion piece- As veganism is...
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Open University course S296 Cell and molecular biology...Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline some of the key principles of microscopy (with a focus on fluorescent microscopy) and the differences between light, fluorescence (light) and electron microscopy describe some...
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...Open University speaks to Mathijs Lucassen, from the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University, about how to find out what counts as ‘health’, both today and in the past. Their discussion introduces debates over how health is defined, and addresses the term ‘wellbeing’ and why it is used. HELEN KING Hello. I'm Helen King,...
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Sounds: Introduction - In this session, you will discover more about how ancient Greek was spoken and what it might have sounded like. You will receive plenty of opportunities to develop and practise your own pronunciation. You will also learn about how the...
Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?
Money & Business

What does Brexit mean for imports and exports?

...resourcing issues for HMRC. According to the World Customs Organisation’s Annual Report, the UK has about 5,000 customs staff. But the actual figure of staff with experience in the administration of international trade related customs procedures is likely to be significantly less. This compares poorly with similar-sized countries, such as France (16,500 customs staff)....