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Why use literature reviews in health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why use literature reviews in health and social care?

...Open University course K323 Investigating health and social care....Why use literature reviews in health and social care?: Introduction - Why use literature reviews in health and social care? is a free course which introduces and explains how literature reviews can support evidence-based practice in health and social care. A literature review can offer a systematic way in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...source of energy. It is vital in the manufacture of many modern materials. But the worlds supply of oil is finite, its price is unstable and our reliance on oil has damaging environmental consequences. This free course, Living without oil, explains why developing alternatives to oil is an essential and urgent task for humanity...Crude oil is currently our most important...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
OpenLearn choices for YASS students
Health, Sports & Psychology

OpenLearn choices for YASS students

...page for YASS students. ...Find out more about The Open University's courses and qualifications Thank you for choosing to study YXM130 Making your learning count. YXM130 is a special Open University module as it gives you the option to select your own curriculum, so you can study the subjects you are most interested in. This gives you the opportunity to learn...
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Article 10 mins
60 second adventures: Behind the scenes
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures: Behind the scenes

...Open University's Open degree. Narrated by David Mitchell, the 60 Second Adventures animation series began in 2011 with ’60 Second Adventures in Thought’ exploring paradoxes and thought experiments such as The Grandfather paradox and Schrodinger’s Cat. Since then the series has explored economics, religion, astronomy and now microgravity. This short video features...
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Video 5 mins
Living on the Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

Living on the Moon

...Open University contribute to a video by the Royal Society, explaining how to survive on the Moon for more than a couple of days...Watch Professor Brian Cox introduce the science behind surviving on the Moon, plus the views of Mahesh Anand and Tara Hayden of The Open University about the possibility of a sustained human presence on the Moon, facilitated by key recent...
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Video 10 mins
Complex Systems
Science, Maths & Technology

Complex Systems

...University researcher Jeff Johnson talks of the importance of the Science of Complex Systems as a means to unravel real-world, complex problems that cannot be tackled by conventional reductive methods. Using Bird Flu as an example he demonstrates how complex systems thinking allows researchers to approach problems in novel ways... Complex Systems Open University...
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Video 2 mins
Right to Die
Society, Politics & Law

Right to Die

...likely to face prosecution. Gary Slapper, Professor of Law at The Open University discusses the case and its implications on assisted suicide and mercy killing with Frances Gibb, legal editor of The Times... Right to Die Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times discuss issues surrounding assisted suicide and mercy killing....
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Audio 12 mins
Entrainment
History & The Arts

Entrainment

...University ethnomusicologist Martin Clayton describes how his study of music and its performance in different cultural settings has allowed him to develop his understanding of the concept of entrainment. His research into this phenomenon is providing key insights into the synchronisation of rhythmic processes in humans and in the natural world. To find out more, follow
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Video 2 mins