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Modelling the planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling the planets

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Astrobiology isn’t a subject on the school curriculum or even in many universities. Could you tell me something about your journey to astrobiology? It was a long journey. A very long journey indeed! I was always fascinated by rocks and minerals, how they formed and how they behaved, so I studied mineralogy at...
The immune system
Science, Maths & Technology

The immune system

...and is the first module in our degree in Health Sciences (Q71). We also run a more detailed third level module on the immune system and infectious diseases called SK320 Infectious diseases that also forms part of our Health Sciences degree. However it is strongly recommended that you do not study a third level module without prior Open University study at a lower level....
Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...Open University, UK. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21954/ou.ro.0001421e Jolly, J.L. and Matthews, M.S. (2020) ‘The shifting landscape of the homeschooling continuum’, Educational Review, 72(3), pp. 269–80. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2018.1552661 Kendall, L. and Taylor, E. (2016) ‘“We can’t make him fit into the system”: parental...
Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...open/detail.action?docID=4701480 (Accessed: 11 January 2023). Downs, C. (2020) Joanna Vassa Bromley. Equiano’s world. Equiano's World (equianosworld.org) (Accessed: 17 January 2023). Equiano, O. and Sapoznik, K. A. (2013) The Letters and Other Writings of Gustavus Vassa (Olaudah Equiano, the African) Documenting Abolition of the Slave Trade. United States: Markus Wiener...
Introduction to differentiation
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differentiation

...Open University module MST124 Essential mathematics 1, an entry level module intended to provide a foundation in the essential mathematical ideas and techniques that underpin the study of mathematics and mathematical subjects such as physics, engineering and economics. MST124 looks at a variety of mathematical topics such as algebra, graphs, trigonometry, coordinate...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

Ahead of Super Tuesday, what have we learned about the candidates?

...sources as well, including the violent chaos in the Middle East, the chronic nature of illegal immigration, the economic instability caused by globalization and deep-seated conservative hostility to America’s changing demographics. The result is a toxic brew of fear and paranoia. A January 2016 CNN poll found that 88 percent of Republicans believe that America is headed...
Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Terrorism in Europe and beyond: A reading list

...source of grievance in affected communities” than the UK’s counter-terrorism laws. Read: Calls for deradicalisation programs after Nice attack should be met with caution The role of mental illness in radicalisation and terror is an area of dispute - the shifting of focus from professed religious affiliations to possible mental health problems can sometimes just...
The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable
Nature & Environment

The animals are rebelling because they are dying. And we should too. Lessons from a modern-day fable

...source. The human response in this story is entirely predictable in sending in ‘experts’ to drive the bears away, or worse cull them. Despite ecologists’ warnings that polar bears will be pushed to extinction by climate change, all the world seems to be able to do is to keep watching this slow-motion extinction unfold with Belushya Guba being a window into this...