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Vitality Netball Nations Cup 2025: can the England Roses go all the way?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vitality Netball Nations Cup 2025: can the England Roses go all the way?

...opening game, they defeated Malawi 62-36. The following day, despite playing better as a team, and being neck and neck with them at the end of every quarter, South Africa just clinched the victory at the end winning by 2 points 59-61. Paige Reed of the Roses battles with Martha Dambo of Malawi, 1 February 2025 The fast-paced invasion sporting competition is being aired...
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Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to the trauma-informed investigation of rape and serious sexual offences article series

...Open University’s Centre for Police Research and Learning (CPRL) for the Home Office. The work was part of a multi-university project, known as ‘Operation Soteria Bluestone’, exploring a number of different aspects of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) investigation. The focus of the work for the CPRL was officer learning, development and wellbeing....
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Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English
History & The Arts

Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English

...Open University's BA (Honours) English Language qualification. [Bright pink thank you note with yellow words in an orange envelope.] The practice of saying ‘thank you’ – of expressing gratitude to someone for an act of kindness – is a fundamental element in the way we interact with one another. One of those small, embedded traditions which make up the everyday...
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David Bowie: identity is creativity
Languages

David Bowie: identity is creativity

...opens the visor to reveal a jewel-encrusted skull which is then carried off in a glass box as an object of worship – perhaps he was telling us that this was to be the final transformation. And in a wry reference back to Major Tom’s ‘Here am I, floating in a tin can, far above the world’ he portrays himself in ‘Lazarus’, eyes bound like a latter day Tiresias,...
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Business Bursts: Failure
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Failure

...into account as well. It’s quite complex, so it’s not really surprising in my view that, particularly if the recession starts to bite again, that we’ll be looking at a lot more reality, looking at more failures amongst the self-employed, amongst the very small businesses. (3’49”) Find out what The Open University Business School can do for you and your business...
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Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...course you need production, you need very good performances, but when you compare the quality of writing on radio and how direct it is, with say the same in movies, I think if, if you have a good script in radio it’s very hard to turn it into anything other than a good play. I don’t think the same is true of films. You don’t need a good script to make a good film....
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People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...course we talk about means or medians and we can also look at how the population is dispersed and there we might be looking at the standard deviation of the population. Sorry – need to concentrate on my driving for a moment! Tony Nixon: We’re going down a steep slope here and we’re about to tip up on our sides so – Paul Herriotts: We’re not about to tip up on...
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The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...ingenuity, cooperation and sometimes just luck. At times, instead of rooting for the hunted, you’ll find yourself cheering on the hunter. [The Conversation] Miranda Dyson, Senior Lecturer in Biology, The Open University and Vicky Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Biology, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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