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Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...work was the key aim of the space, as the librarians explained and as was evident from the presence of reading scheme books, educational posters about the benefits of reading or workbooks. Mothers dutifully seemed to bring their children to that library, too, but – maybe in a point of difference from the Sydney tiger mothers I described above – had little interest in...
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The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education
Nature & Environment

The first 25 years: OU Renewable Energy Education

...Energy Course, if so we would love to know whether you went onto working in renewables. We would also like to hear from you as we are hoping to celebrate 25 years of OU Renewable Education, if you would like to get in touch, please email us using OU-Alumni-Renewables-25-STEM@open.ac.uk [Screenshot of animation for COP26] Click on the banner to explore the COP26 hub...
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Sounds of environmental change
Society, Politics & Law

Sounds of environmental change

...work to evoke the sea. The musician and music producer Martyn Ware composed a soundwork called The British Coastline from the sound recordings uploaded by the public to the Sounding Our Shores website. In interviews, Martyn argues that soundwork emphasises the power of sound to evoke memories and to affect humans deeply and directly about places, landscapes and...
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International Jazz Day
Miscellaneous

International Jazz Day

...work of musicians from outside the USA, and recognition of the history of the music in different locations. The organisers of International Jazz Day state that they want to use the day to ‘highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe’. This is a laudable aim, but it potentially over-simplifies the role that jazz has played in...
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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...work is conducted at the OU in the Astrochemistry Group whose research work is explained in this public lecture from 2013 and a brief clip from ITV news. 'The vomit comet' builds on ELPIS, the European Life and Physical Sciences in Space research programme faciliatated by ESA, the European Space Agency. You can read more about ESA's parabolic flights and how they are...
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Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Ellen O'Leary

...worked to support the Irish Republican Brotherhood and published much poetry to promote the cause of radical nationalism. In the 1880s Ellen and John played a key role in the development of the Irish literary revival. Key to the revival was a desire to draw on the folklore and mythology of Ireland’s past to affirm national pride and create a fresh strand in Irish...
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The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...work?...[Digital illustration of red and white blood cells] Leukocytes (often called %u2018white blood cells%u2019) are different to red blood cells, as portrayed by this computerised graphic The human immune system is an extremely complex network of interacting cells and biological molecules. Once our body’s barriers to infection have been breached the active agents of...
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Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...work (what does ‘hypocrite’ mean?) and then, once more, some biographical research. If you can find just one religious person who is not a hypocrite, then the answer to (F) is ‘No’. This biographical exercise is not philosophy either. So (F) doesn’t count as a philosophical question any more than (G) did. Now consider question (E), ‘Does religion depend on...
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