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Festival of Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Festival of Psychology

...student, the presentations may also provide a chance to develop ideas for your own project or research study. Transcript The presentations took place on Thursday 27 January 2022 as part of the OpenTalks series of events run by The Open University in Wales. The event was also made possible by the British Psychological Society. Read more about the speakers and their...
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Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology
Science, Maths & Technology

Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology

...OU STEM faculty...Organised by Dr. Rachel McMullan, Lecturer in health sciences at The Open University; the following video is a recording of OU experts discussing their research and engagement work around the current COVID-19 pandemic. Transcript The panel consisted of: Dr. Jon Golding - a senior lecturer in health sciences, who discussed the articles he and his...
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Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Professor John Naughton On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...OU as a lecturer in Systems in 1972. Amongst many significant achievements in the 1980s he was a key member of the team that introduced the use of personal computers into the University's teaching and learning system. In the 1990s, John was lead academic creating the University's first major online course (You, your computer and the Net) which marked the beginning of the...
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Global English
History & The Arts

Global English

...become sufficiently universal that it can be used as a global lingua franca for communication between speakers of many languages. The history of English has traditionally been divided into three main phases: Old English (450-1100 AD), Middle English (1100-circa 1600 AD) and Modern English (since 1600). But it seems that Global English represents a new and fourth phase in...
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Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland
Education & Development

Transition to Higher Education in Northern Ireland

The hub has been funded by The Department for the Economy to assist new students to prepare for and settle into their studies at universities, university colleges and further education colleges across Northern Ireland. The hub has a range of OpenLearn online materials to help with digital learning, study skills, wellbeing and subject-specific materials.
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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out
Society, Politics & Law

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

...student houses and youth hostels, and now house refugees. The peeling blue and grey paint is visible evidence of Olympic enthusiasm turned to detachment. Since 2013, four of the seemingly unkempt towers which stretch across this side of the city have been occupied by up to 1,400 people from around 30 countries. Italy faced the sharp end of the 2008 global financial...
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National Engineering Day
Science, Maths & Technology

National Engineering Day

...put together some fantastic free resources of the topic of engineering...You can read more about how The Open University is marking National Engineering Day 2024 with a striking new piece of digital artwork being virtually projected onto the OU’s Walton Hall building in Milton Keynes, UK: highlighting the contributions of four inspirational engineers. Discover more...
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Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years
Health, Sports & Psychology

Highs and lows and highs again: How football has changed in the past 50 years

...OU, Manchester City’s success has not been consistently achieved, and the past 50 years has witnessed many barren seasons when the team failed to win any major trophies and experienced relegation to the third tier of English professional football. Their rise to becoming one of leading clubs in English and European football again is a story that reveals a lot about the...
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