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Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Finding a voice after Brexit

...sources with which to think when the result appeared to reflect the priority of visceral feelings over thought, and to privilege authenticity (who is speaking) rather than expertise (the authority of facts and evidence). And, if what you speak is dismissed as being politically correct, how can you speak? What’s your discursive armoury when language itself has been...
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Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency
Nature & Environment

Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency

...sourcing, transport and manufacture of materials for retrofit and during the retrofit’s installation, any maintenance and end of life disposal. Embodied carbon is increasingly important but is currently rarely considered and is not included in energy policies for buildings. [Photo of original shutters in a heritage building ] [Photo of a pair of slippers] My research I...
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Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1915 - A wish deferred

...source of hope and joy, without which we might well be content to let the world slide. And even greater at the present time is our duty to those brave soldiers and sailors of the kingdom and Empire who are fortunate enough to be home on leave. Let us send them back one and all cheered, refreshed and reinvigorated, while we have no doubt that the enthusiastic gratitude of...
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A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter
Science, Maths & Technology

A new mission to the icy moons of Jupiter

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. Rachael Hamp and Grace Richards are members of AstrobiologyOU. Their research focusses on another icy moon orbiting a gas giant planet – Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. They discussed their work and what they hope might come from the JUICE mission with Ann Grand, a fellow member of AstrobiologyOU. Tell me something...
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Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they are a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
So you've ordered your 'Civilisations' poster - now what?
History & The Arts

So you've ordered your 'Civilisations' poster - now what?

...with The Open University The Open University offers a range of qualifications in Art History with some modules written by the academic consultants on 'Civilisations'. Check them out... Try a FREE course on Art History Do you really want to get your teeth into art history and visual culture? Take a look at the free courses below to get more of a flavour for the subject....
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Free digital, numeracy and employability courses to build your skills
Education & Development

Free digital, numeracy and employability courses to build your skills

...Open University to offer free training tools designed to help people find a job, advance their career or grow their business...[Logo for the UK department for education] Digital, numeracy and employability skills are among those that are most sought after by employers, and can help you progress in work and boost your job prospects. Digital skills can be anything from...
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EDI in research: a collection
Education & Development

EDI in research: a collection

...Open University’s mission of embodying Higher Education as open to people, places, methods and ideas. The pages drawn together here are designed to cultivate research cultures that value inclusion, innovation and responsiveness. ...In writing these pages, we held to a belief that, ‘The academy won’t change overnight. Nor does change occur through purely demographic...
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