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Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Music and mental health: the parallels between Victorian asylum treatments and modern social prescribing

...writing: “There is or may be a hidden life within him which may be reached by harmony.” The writer James Webster recorded in 1842 that: “In many, the effect produced by the music upon their countenances and behaviour was often quite apparent.” Records include many stories of patients seemingly cured by music. Webster cites the example of a young girl, previously...
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A sport transformed: Safety in motor-racing since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

A sport transformed: Safety in motor-racing since 1969

...Writing in the popular magazine, MotorSport, journalist Denis Jenkinson wrote in response to the cancellation of the 1969 Belgium Grand Prix that: “I have always thought one of the enduring features of a Grand Prix driver was that he had guts and would accept a challenge that normal people like you and I would not be brave enough to face; now I’m not so sure if any of...
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Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Sinéad Morrissey

...writing group with Michael Longley. She has, to date, published six collections of poetry: There Was Fire in Vancouver (1996); Between Here and There (2002); The State of the Prisons (2005); Through the Square Window (2009); Parallax (2013) and On Balance (2017). Found Architecture, Selected Poems, was published by Carcanet in 2020. From the outset, her work was greeted...
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Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying design at The Open University: a rewarding journey

...writing the storyboard and script to recording the video in the OU studio. [Cindy and Ida’s storyboard for the video.]Figure 1 Cindy and Ida’s storyboard for the video Cindy and Ida describe their experiences as distance learners and offer helpful tips to prospective students. They share moments of accomplishment and strategies for overcoming challenges. I want to...
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Video 5 mins
History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past
History & The Arts

History of reading: An introduction to reading in the past

...Writings’. [Figure 3 Harriet Martineau by Richard Evans, oil on canvas, exhibited 1834] © National Portrait Gallery Figure 3 Harriet Martineau by Richard Evans, oil on canvas, exhibited 1834 By contrast, it was the illustrations in the huge family Bible that sparked the imagination of the young Thomas Jackson: ‘There was one of Joshua’s army storming a hill...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael
History & The Arts

Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael

...writing, and second, between the life of the artist and his or her ‘work’. This free course, Artists and authorship: the case of Raphael, examines both problems, as well as related questions of authorship as a form of explanation in art history, taking Raphael as a case study. The goal will be to initiate debates and discuss issues with regard to approaches that might...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...writes: While the average person was getting on with life in Paris before last Friday’s terror bombings and shootings, Twitter threads in Arabic from the Middle East were urging for attacks to be launched upon coalition forces in their home countries. “Advance, advance – forward, forward” they said, regarding Paris. Iraqi forces had warned coalition countries one...
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Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...writing your proposal and ultimately when designing and conducting your research study. The Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research (British Educational Research Association, 2018) identifies the key responsibilities you will have when you conduct your research, including the range of stakeholders that you will have responsibilities to, as follows: to your...
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