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How our brain changes as we grow old: the Blood Brain Barrier breakdown
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How our brain changes as we grow old: the Blood Brain Barrier breakdown

...OU research student, Eduardo Frias-Anaya explains:...Brain and homeostasis [microvessels in the blood brain barrier] Figure 1: Tight junctions between brain endothelial cells control the transport across the barrier The brain acts as the centre of the nervous system, controlling processes occurring at different levels in the body. The structure of the brain is complex and...
Methods in Motion: The things we don't know
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Methods in Motion: The things we don't know

...becoming something that stood outside the preconceptions with which I began. This started a long fascination with how we produce ‘situated’ knowledge (Haraway, 1988) from particular perspectives (or standpoints, as feminists might say). Recognising this involves attending to the practicalities, emotions and thinking involved in the processes of empirical research, and...
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...OU Computing Helpdesk (ou-computing-helpdesk@open.ac.uk). You can telephone +44 (0) 1908 653972. How do I change my name and email details? 1. Name change in your OpenLearn profile 'My OpenLearn' is your user profile. To amend your profile name, click on 'My OpenLearn', which is displayed near the top of each page, and select ‘Edit my profile and display settings’....
How to be a critical reader
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How to be a critical reader

...students, and it amazes me how different they have been over time, and the inequality continues to grow. Compared with the students in the 1970s, today’s students are uneducated and unfit for a college education. (Adapted from www.joannejacobs.com/2009/02/unfit-for-a-college-education/#comments) Extract 2 Students today do not write merely to obtain good grades. They...
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Explore flexible online learning
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Explore flexible online learning

...online learning offered by the OU. There are hundreds of flexible courses that players can combine with a busy training and match schedule. ...[PFA and OU logos] Whatever your ambition, start by exploring the range of content to find a topic that inspires you. As pioneers of distance learning for over 50 years, we’re here to support you reach your educational goals....
“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language
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“Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth”: why Good Friday Agreement affects the Irish language

...OU collection exploring why Good Friday Agreement matters 25 years on This arcicle is part of ‘A Peace of Us’, our special collection of resources exploring why the Good Friday Agreement is relevant to our lives 25 years since its signing. The Good Friday Agreement was to herald a ‘new era of equality’ for communities, and bespoke commitments were given in the...
Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?
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Section 5: Legacies: Does Red Clydeside still matter today?

...become an important historical symbol of working-class protest, which is called upon or referred to in struggles that have taken place in Glasgow and across Scotland in the late twentieth century and in the early decades of the current centuryActivists and trade unionists have often portrayed the struggles and conflicts in which they are, or have been engaged, as in some...
Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health
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Investigating Links Between Pesticides and Mental Health

...OU PhD student explains their research... ...Organophosphates exist throughout our environment and consequently, we are all likely to come into contact with these compounds to some extent. Evidence suggests that long-term, low-level exposure to these compounds play a role in psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression. However, most research has focused on the...