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Roadkill: What is an animal’s greatest enemy?
Society, Politics & Law

Roadkill: What is an animal’s greatest enemy?

...more counties should take actions. Near the old Walton Church on the University campus there is an ancient pond by the inner ring road. The University Estates Department have installed signs warning drivers to take extra care because of a single moorhen chick which is prone to taking an occasional suicidal dash. I do hope it is not as bad as badgers at crossing the road....
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Activity 5 mins
The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community
Money & Business

The Eagle has landed within the OpenLearn community

...Care, Climate and Nature, AI, FinTech, Games and Digital Security sectors, giving them a facilitated environment to collaborate and innovate. Want to join our vibrant community, or explore what Barclays Eagle Labs have to offer? Connect with us though the Open University dedicated webpage and join our network of UK entrepreneurs. Whether you’re a start-up, scaleup,...
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Article 5 mins
Writing for pleasure?
Education & Development

Writing for pleasure?

...care about and has a bearing on our background, interests, values, beliefs and aspirations, is personal purposeful writing. Writing for pleasure, like reading for pleasure, is essentially volitional, intrinsically motivated, writer-directed and choice-led; it has meaning making at its core. Writing that we require from children that is formally assessed is not child-led...
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Article 10 mins
Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...care. Health is increasingly ‘everybody’s business’. This album will provide you with insight into the debates that surround human health, and will enable you to appreciate and review your own and alternative standpoints and values in this important area of study. This material forms part of The Open University course K203 Working for health... Working for health A...
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Audio 2 hrs 33 mins
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...adults, suggesting studying at university is a negative influencing factor (Brown, 2016; Winzer et al., 2018). According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2025), factors that contribute to students having poor mental health include moving away from home, academic and financial pressures, and the absence of familiar social and emotional support...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...adult in its long, dense winter coat. The summer coat is usually greyish brown, often with white markings. Alopex is bred in captivity for its fur, which can vary in colour from grey to bluish in winter, and chocolate brown to fawn in summer, hence the common names, silver fox or blue fox. Figure 2b shows a subspecies of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) that is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?
Society, Politics & Law

Why do voters allow corrupt politicians to stay in office?

...care, taxes, abortion, and environment. I combined these data with detailed information on more than 130 corruption cases among House and Senate members over three-and-half decades. The cases vary in scope and seriousness, from ‘in-house’ transgressions, such as Representative Irving Whalley expropriating salaries of 17 staff members for his own use, to criminal...
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Article 5 mins
Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!
Nature & Environment

Why we’re mapping a million trees and more!

...care of our existing trees. Part of the problem is that we simply do not know enough about the trees that we have, this is particularly true of urban trees. In fact we know less about trees in towns and cities than we do about those in the wider countryside, despite many urban areas having a higher tree canopy cover than much of the countryside. [Poplar trees in autumn...
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Article 10 mins