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Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...open in calling for collaboration, not just asking people you know, but making sure the opportunity is spread through a range of networks. If you can begin this process fairly far in advance of framing a bid, then people have a chance to build a project designed around their strengths, rather than having to fit into a pre-determined spot. It is also important to be...
Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...Open University's Religious Studies qualifications. Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Muslim lunar calendar. Muslims associate it with the prophet Moses and the Israelites’ miraculous escape from Egypt. During this time, Muslims believe that God withdrew the water from part of the Red Sea to enable them to cross on its dry bed. God then let the...
Article 5 mins
How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?
Society, Politics & Law

How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?

...open question, although things do not look good for reasons I alluded to above. Indeed, according to Polly Toynbee reporting on the first reading of the Art. 50 Bill: ‘The mad zeal of the Europhobes, still astounded that their small cult has swept the country, had full rein yesterday. Jacob Rees-Mogg proclaimed this moment stood with Agincourt and Waterloo; most MPs...
Mashing up the Union Jack
Society, Politics & Law

Mashing up the Union Jack

...openness and tolerance, nationalism and patriotism, dissensus and collectivism. For Gil, the aim was to recreate a sense of home and community; while the re-appropriation of the Union Jack in its various popular cultural incarnations (from logos to emblematic LP covers and recently various kitsch paraphernalia) is widespread, Gil was inspired by a doormat which he had...
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...Open University and I am joined here by Andrew Blowers, OBE. We are continuing our discussion about your book The Legacy of Nuclear Power. I think you are making a very strong point at the end of your book when you take a critical, when you are critical of the currently favoured approach to dealing with nuclear waste, which is deep geological disposal and you are kind of...
Astronomy: images of the Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Astronomy: images of the Universe: Glossary - * absolute magnitude (Symbol, M.) A numerical measure of the intrinsic brightness of a star, equal to the apparent magnitude (m) the star would have if observed from a standard distance of 10 parsecs, in the absence of...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Police suspect interviews: Introduction - [A photograph of Neale Anderson.] Welcome to Week 2! In this week, as the case develops and gets a little more complex, you will start to learn about the psychology of how the police interview people suspected of...
Paratoi aseiniadau
Education & Development

Paratoi aseiniadau

...gyda'r Brifysgol Agored efallai yr hoffech fynd i'r gwefannau canlynol...Paratoi aseiniadau: Acknowledgements - Don't miss out: 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...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs