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Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodiversity: What is it and what does it look like across races?

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications What is neurodiversity? Neurodiversity is the diversity of human minds and the fact that brains and neurocognition vary among all individuals. All these variations are ‘normal’ and ‘valuable’ with neurodiversity being the concept that neurological differences are to be recognised and respected as any other...
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Robert Burns: a man of his times for today
History & The Arts

Robert Burns: a man of his times for today

...Open University’s History qualifications. At this time of year, people across the globe will attend Burns suppers. They’ll dine heartily on a meal the centrepiece of which will be haggis, enjoy refreshments which will often include a glass or more of whisky, and listen to several of Robert Burns’s songs, speeches and, if they’re lucky, a spirited performance of...
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What is Law?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Law?

...Open University Law School. STEPHANIE PYWELL: In this audio we’re talking about what the law is … So, Caroline, could you start by giving me a simple definition of law? CAROLINE DERRY: Well, a useful way of looking at law is as a system of rules that regulate the conduct of people in society. Compliance with the law is enforced by the state via the courts. Law exerts...
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EU Referendum - Economy
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Economy

...open to trade, which helps it become more competitive and innovative. But it also points out that greater openness means more exposure to financial market contagion, especially from the Eurozone, and that the task of maintaining a dynamic, well-regulated UK financial sector may “become more challenging as the euro area integrates further.” So while its report...
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Some merits of Manchester
History & The Arts

Some merits of Manchester

...open square before it. Call it an incongruity, if you will, but that enemy of episcopacy is at least not accused of stabling his horses in The Old Church at Manchester, or despoiling it of its sacred images and stained glass, and he merits a monument there if anywhere. With the constantly passing trams which traverse the square, he is undoubtedly more significant of...
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The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...resources available to do so? What else could they use those resources for? The enormous cost in time and money of fighting a large corporation in court might dissuade them from further action even if they got as far as beginning an investigation. The path from act to conviction is shaped by, amongst other things, the knowledge of potential observers, their own...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Life in the Palaeozoic
Nature & Environment

Life in the Palaeozoic

...open ocean, and some were adapted to low concentrations of oxygen in water hundreds of metres deep. How they reproduced is not clear. Figure 6 shows a range of trilobites from the Ordovician Period. [Figure 6] Figure 6 A selection of Ordovician trilobites from central Wales. (a) Oygiocarella (7.5 cm). (b) Cnemidopyge (3 cm). (c) Telaeomarrolithus (2 cm). Trilobites like...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. 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....
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs