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Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act
Education & Development

Student-Parents: It’s a juggling act

...course as a single mother with a nine-month-old baby girl, renting a flat, living on various benefits, working part-time and receiving a student loan. I’m sure there are many Open University students who can relate to this situation and have started their learning journey here. Many lecturers and tutors working at the Open University recognise that "student-parents" are...
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The Iliad: List of characters
History & The Arts

The Iliad: List of characters

...courses and qualifications The hero Achilles is the son of the mortal Peleus, and Thetis, an immortal sea nymph. He is the greatest Greek warrior in the story of the Trojan War; the plot of Homer’s Iliad is driven by Achilles’ anger. When Achilles was born his mother tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the River Styx, but the heel where she held him remained...
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Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

Can landfills be used to improve biodiversity?

...course Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems Considering a qualification? Find out more about The Open University's Environment courses and qualifications and the different options available. References The International Union for Conservation of Nature (2026) The ICUN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Accessed:...
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CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings
Education & Development

CARE-KNOW-DO for Social and Emotional Learning: building children’s resilience and agency in crisis settings

...language barriers exist making learning more difficult (van der Kolk, 2014; Perry and Szalavitz, 2017). How to implement KNOW Incorporate storytelling, singing, drawing, building and role-play into sessions. Use SELIC prompts like ‘What activities do you enjoy most?’ or ‘Show me how you learn with others’. Value engagement and creative expression as much as...
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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...course. What films first inspired me I think the first natural history film that really moved me emotionally was the story of Solo and it was Hugo van Lawick’s film that he made with Jane Goodall and it was the story of a wild dog. Solo was the runt of the litter, I mean the classic underdog and the whole question of whether or not this particular individual was going...
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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...course when you flip forward to the ‘70s Wilson had a bit of a notorious nervous breakdown where he spent a good 10 years, this is when he’s an adult mind you, but spent a good 10 years just in his room watching TV, eating junk food and snorting cocaine. So his own experiences in that song kind of captured the contradictory nature… Laurie Taylor: The two functions...
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Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?

...course, no “Gate of Ijtihad” to be closed, and nobody had the authority to close the gate even if one had existed. The metaphor, however, highlighted the contrast between the cultivation of diversity in the first three centuries of Sharia and the stalemate and rigidity of the study of Islamic law since then. The “silver lining” of ISIS is that it is forcing...
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Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?
Society, Politics & Law

Is it possible to have respect for the poor and homeless?

...free and equal in dignity and rights.” The Declaration’s preamble starts “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world” This treaty, to which the United Kingdom is a signatory, could not be clearer that we recognise an inherent...
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