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Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. [Sign saying 'EXAMS AHEAD' next to books] EHE students have to pay in full and sit exams as private candidates, organising their own exams with willing exam centres; at a school, college or independent exam centre, often not local. With Teacher Assessed Grades (TAG), the teacher completing their
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Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...Open University's English courses and qualifications. [Character of Mary Shelley] Nowadays the word ‘romantic’ tends to trigger associations with love and sentimentality, but the period known as the Romantic era encompassed so much more! Romanticism is notoriously difficult to define and has been interpreted in various ways in different countries. However, it is true...
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Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses Accessing face-to-face counselling can be difficult.However, many people have been found a different kind of therapy very valuable: Walking Therapy. You may also like to listen to our podcast here. Two things come to mind when we think of walking and outdoors: both are immensely beneficial for our physical and mental health...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...Open University as a post-doctoral researcher in space ethics. Her research considers the future of space exploration and the relationship of humans and space. She reflected on how she came to AstrobiologyOU and her plans for future work, in conversation with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU...What’s been your journey to astrobiology? If you were to ask my...
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Ageing Well Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing Well Collection

...courses. ...[Ageing Well Public Talks logo]The Ageing Well Public Talk Series (AWPTS), a novel educational intervention co-produced with and for the public, was founded on the principles of the innovative model ‘Five Pillars for Ageing Well’ (5P). AWPTS is the result of a public education portfolio, developed over 18 years, and the principles of 5P consolidated in a...
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How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?
Society, Politics & Law

How Do Jurors Decide When a Witness is Telling the Truth?

...Open University's Law courses. [A photograph of a lie detector.] In a criminal trial, one thing that jurors often have to do is listen to competing accounts of events given by witnesses and try and work out which witness is telling the truth. These judgments are called credibility judgments. They often arise in trials for sexual offences, where the defendant and the...
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Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sub-concussions in women’s football: what can be done to protect the brains of footballers?

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. As we look forward to enjoying the action of the 2023 World Cup there is a growing awareness that there are significant differences in how women’s and men’s bodies respond in sport. In particular, after ACL injuries to England players Beth Mead and Leah Williamson, we are aware that footballers in the...
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Building a crystal radio set
Science, Maths & Technology

Building a crystal radio set

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications A crystal set is the most basic type of radio receiver. It is capable of receiving AM (amplitude modulated) transmissions, which are generally found on the long, medium and short wave bands. The magic of the crystal set is that no power source is required; a tiny fraction of the transmitted signal provides sufficient...
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