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Women Writers: Voices in Transition
History & The Arts

Women Writers: Voices in Transition

...Open University course A300 20th century literature: texts and debates... Katherine Mansfield Delia da Sousa re-examines the life and works of short story writer Katherine Mansfield, author of short stories including ‘The Garden Party’ and ‘The Voyage’. Taken from a four part series examining the lives, work and influence of women writers: Virginia Woolf, Jean...
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Video 17 mins
Measure the speed of light with your microwave
Science, Maths & Technology

Measure the speed of light with your microwave

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications The microwave cooker. Handy for all manner of food-related tasks. It's hardly standard equipment for the science laboratory, is it? Perhaps it should be. Watch Cosmic Chocolate: Transcript The explanation If you've watched the video above you might be puzzled. How did we measure the speed of light using chocolate and a...
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Video 5 mins
Ramadan Mubarak!
History & The Arts

Ramadan Mubarak!

...Open University, the Religious Studies department offers a course called “Exploring religion: Places, Practices, Texts and Experiences”. In one part of this course we ask students to study a film of a group of Muslim friends discussing Ramadan as they eat together. A significant focus of their conversation is the foods that they associate with Ramadan from their...
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Article 10 mins
Critical thinking – A skill and a process
Education & Development

Critical thinking – A skill and a process

...can be improved. It helps us to more engaged citizens, as we are reflecting on political campaigns and their truthfulness and value for us when we are asked to participate in an election. Critical thinking pushes ourselves and our environment to continuously adapt and improve. When you think critically, you open up a whole new way of engaging with the world around you....
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Article 10 mins
What kind of Democrat are you?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What kind of Democrat are you?

...Open University have developed the i-Attune, a self-test interactive which offers you the chance to explore your political positions and how you can attune with others whether you agree or disagree. Please note, the i-Attune interactive cannot be saved and completed later. Take a break from the stresses of the day for 20 minutes and explore your democratic approach....
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Activity 20 mins
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...Open University course E219 Psychology of childhood and youth...Attachment in the early years: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe attachment classifications and how they are assessed describe the features of caregiving that influence attachment, and the significance of attachment for lifespan development discuss why the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...Open University course DD102 Introducing the social sciences...Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: compare and contrast two different approaches to studying juvenile delinquency understand psychological approaches to studying juvenile delinquency such as Eysenck’s personality theory...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...Don't miss out: Course image: Thomas Hawk in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Licence. If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs