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Sea level rise | International case studies
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise | International case studies

...of climate change than many other nations for a range of reasons.... Read more... EXPLORE FURTHER: Read case studies in England to see how three coastal communities have adapted to the affects of sea level rises. Too see how your local area might be affected, follow this link to the map produced by Climate Central, based on the recent paper by Kulp and Strauss (2019)....
Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel
Science, Maths & Technology

Project Fear: Order your free graphic novel

...author and not of The Open University. Transcript Project Fear, the graphic novel which the animation is based on is now available on OpenLearn. You can request a FREE copy of the novel or download an eBook version following this link here. You can also click on the cover image below and follow the instructions. [The Project Fear cover] Order your free graphic novel here...
Early childhood health promotion
Education & Development

Early childhood health promotion

...based on the Child Health Promotion: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Practitioners. The Toolkit includes a 5 Step Programme as a model to guide practitioners in identifying and implementing a health promotion activity. The research foregrounds the valuable role that ECEC can contribute to promoting the health of babies and young children. Health...
Studying Social Work at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying Social Work at The Open University

...based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles of social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities are central to social work. Underpinned by theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledges,...
Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy

...two main parties (PSOE and PP) as a single corrupt political elite. Another new term - ‘la casta’ [the caste] – referred to, and so amplified the idea that, various supposedly separate political and economic elites, such as politicians, bankers, judges, journalists (etc.) - were all part of the same regime established after Franco who have shifted power back and forth between themselves*. The economic crisis was portrayed ......
The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy
History & The Arts

The Italian Patient: Health care in Renaissance Italy

...La citt e la salute' which organised a major exhibition in the Palazzo Vecchio on the history of Florentine hospitals. He is now a member of two more committees in Florence, the first organising a long-term research project on the history of the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova; the second is as one of the founding editors of an Italian journal about the history of medicine,...
A future for languages in schools?
Languages

A future for languages in schools?

...based and pedagogical training, both face to face and online. Subject-specific seminars have been run on topics as wide-ranging as West African French literature, Spanish phonetics, German politics and Italian Futurism. Meanwhile, the OU’s specific expertise in teaching practice and pedagogy has been utilized to provide training for teachers in various topics including...
Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the UK government proposing to bring 1950s values to online pornography?

...based on a law dating back to 1959. The aim of the bill is ostensibly to prevent children from accessing pornography. Age verification may be defendable if it could be done without submitting sensitive information. But it seems likely that it will involve registering a credit card with pornography platforms, increasing the number of sources holding information about our...