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Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...Open University course A111 Discovering the arts and humanities...Discovering music: the blues: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the historical context of the blues explain the nature of typical blues lyrics recognise a blues scale understand the concept of primary chords understand the 12-bar blues structure...Discovering...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough
Society, Politics & Law

The moderate authoritarians: Labour's soft middle gets tough

...opened the door to a serious challenge. A horde of new joiners attracted by Corbyn’s progressive anti-austerity message are now threatening to dramatically recalibrate the trajectory of the party away from its rightward bent of the past two decades. Labour’s moderates have responded forcefully, and with tellingly scant regard to democratic principles. At first they...
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Article 5 mins
Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution
Society, Politics & Law

Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution

...Open University and the University of Leeds shows how platforms can work. But they also face the challenge of maintaining their democratic nature and not becoming centralised and more commerically-driven. For-profit democratic sharing economy platforms are very few and far between (we couldn’t identify any successful examples). So we turned to the non-profit sector and...
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How testosterone affects risk taking behaviour
Science, Maths & Technology

How testosterone affects risk taking behaviour

...module covers addiction as one of its topics with a focus on the role of dopamine in producing risk taking behaviour. The module also covers other aspects of mental health including mood disorders like depression and anxiety, as well as dementias. SDK228 is part of our degree in Health Sciences (Q71) and our degree in Natural Sciences (Q64), as well as our Open Degree....
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Article 10 mins
Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?

...open and willing to serve, everyone is lined up and eating at just one restaurant. Based on your perception, which place are you most likely to pick for the best food? Of course, you aren’t going to be ostracised by society if you choose peanut M&Ms over pumpkin spice at the grocery store. But when it comes to any craze – slap bracelets, Beanie Babies, the Macarena,...
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Why is fish the translator's nightmare?
Languages

Why is fish the translator's nightmare?

...opened the menu, and sighed. Fish, she said, is my personal nightmare." I could see the point, and agreed. "When you think about it, there are many more species of fish than of other edible animals. Even in my own native tongue, I haven't a clue. What's the difference between a flounder and a halibut? What's so special aboutbarramundi? And what the hell is a sea bass?"...
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Is Adele's decision to keep 25 off Spotify going to change the music industry?
History & The Arts

Is Adele's decision to keep 25 off Spotify going to change the music industry?

...open at midnight in anticipation – but I shouldn’t expect any queues. The timing is auspicious: the Mercury Prize is about to be awarded, an annual prize which crowns the best album of the year released by a British or Irish artist or band. The continuance of such a prize and Adele’s stand against the emphasis on single tracks privileged by streaming calls into...
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Can your friend be your therapist?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can your friend be your therapist?

...opening up difficult emotional issues, identifying new ways of thinking about problems and challenging self-defeating beliefs and behaviours. Taking everything into account it would seem that you don’t have to be your friend’s ‘therapist’ in order to help them and, in fact, you can be more helpful by being a good friend to them in a number of ways that a therapist...
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Article 10 mins