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How fertility rates affect population
Science, Maths & Technology

How fertility rates affect population

...projections by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) predict that the number of over 80s in the UK is set to double over the next 25 years. But what of the fertility rate? How might that affect population size in just the UK? The following chart is a particular sort of chart known as a population pyramid, taken from an interactive population projection application also...
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Introducing language and creativity
Languages

Introducing language and creativity

...introduction to creativity - and explores its links with language...What is creativity, and what does it have to do with language? This animation looks at how people use language in creative ways, at the roles linguistic creativity plays in society, and at how people go about studying it. Inspired? For more about English language studies at the Open University visit our...
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Dialogues Across Borders
Society, Politics & Law

Dialogues Across Borders

...project blurred the boundaries between artists, academics, activists, volunteers and refugees. It sought to break the national, physical and imaginative borders that separate and divide us through co-creating artworks. Elena Boukouvala, a performance activist, drama therapist and founder of Play is Hope directed the Dialogues Across Borders project and the workshops....
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Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach
History & The Arts

Religious literacy for Further education: A social justice approach

...project encourages critical reflection on how religion intersects with society and culture. It also aims to challenge stereotypes and promote understanding of religious identities in further education...The two OpenLearn resources available here are the outcome of an Open University research project titled ‘Religious Literacy for FE (Further education): A Social Justice...
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Not intervening as a form of care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Not intervening as a form of care

...project called Forms of Care. We have been documenting the various ways decisions not to intervene – such as deciding to withdraw or not even start a particular treatment – emerge as part of everyday healthcare practice. These instances of not doing can refer to a particular medication, a general course of action, or broader aspects of care. We focused on palliative...
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Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change
Education & Development

Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change

...Management Masters pathways....Inclusive Leadership: Effecting change: Introduction - This course will help you to think about your professional educational situation and the nature of leadership within it. It will provide you with a better understanding of models of leadership and the challenges and opportunities to lead in an inclusive way. This course will enable you...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion
Nature & Environment

Volunteers in Green Social prescribing: contributions and inclusion

...projects, conservation volunteering, green gyms, open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. Many green social prescribing activities are led and supported by volunteers. What is volunteering and why volunteer? Volunteering is considered an act of social service whereby individuals or organisations provide services and support without...
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The relativistic Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The relativistic Universe

...introduction to The Open University course S383 The relativistic Universe... The Relativistic Universe An introduction to this album Telescopes and the universe's evolution The latest technology can look almost all the way back to the Big Bang, and may soon identify the first stars and galaxies Cosmic Microwave Background radiation The Planck Surveyor is designed to...
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