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The life and times of Cyril Lakin
Society, Politics & Law

The life and times of Cyril Lakin

...OU’s research and aims to make academics’ work inspiring and accessible to communities in Wales. This supports institutional aims to make education open to all and supports wider OU work to build an informed, engaged and prosperous Wales. To keep up to date on our upcoming OpenTalks events, you can sign up to our newsletter or follow us on Facebook, Twitter or...
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People with dementia and meaning in music
Health, Sports & Psychology

People with dementia and meaning in music

...OU, looks at how people with dementia might find and express meaning in music...Music can be familiar and meaningful for people with dementia even when their everyday world becomes increasingly harder to make sense of. Singing in a group provides a social outlet for women and men living with the condition and their partners (or other family members). Making music can also...
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Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation
History & The Arts

Sgwrs Agored - Wales: Music Nation

...OU / BBC Cymru Wales a gyflwynwyd gan Huw Stephens. Cafodd ei ddarlledu fis Hydref 2022. Yn y Sgwrs Agored hon, mae Huw, Ian Michael Jones, y cynhyrchydd, ac academyddion OU a wnaeth weithio ar y rhaglen yn trafod etifeddiaeth Cymru fel gwlad y gan, ac yn myfyrio ar uchafbwyntiau’r rhaglen iddyn nhw. Cynhaliwyd y digwyddiad hwn ddydd Mercher, 18 Ionawr, 2023, yn rhan...
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What is Applied Linguistics?
Languages

What is Applied Linguistics?

...is, start here...Transcript Want to know more? If you're curious - and feel this could be the perfect subject for you, discover how to study Applied Linguistics as a student with The Open University This video was produced at The Open University with the help of: Zsófia Demjén, Vicky Eves, David Hann, Matthew Holley, Sue Lowe, Barney Savage, Sean Scrivener, Jackie Tuck...
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Home education as a provocation for the future of education
Education & Development

Home education as a provocation for the future of education

...becoming responsible and agentic members of society (see Apple, 2000; Bartholet, 2019; Lubienski, 2000, 2003). On the other hand, the empirical scholarship broadly supports the idea that home-educated students acquire social, emotional and inter-personal skills and academic outcomes equivalent to or even ‘better’ than their schooled peers (see Medlin, 2013;...
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The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...become part of the popular memory of the 1960s, helping to characterise the decade as a period of rapid transformation and upheaval. But how successful, ultimately, was this struggle for racial equality? Was it a radical, revolutionary movement, or something more moderate? In this course, you’ll explore these questions and examine the key events which defined this...
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How can I learn from Who Are We?
Society, Politics & Law

How can I learn from Who Are We?

...OU academics and artists, who have reflected upon commonalities in their research and work on how to explore questions of identity, citizenship and migration in deep and creative ways. On the website we have documented some of the engagements between artists, academics, activists and participants in the event and beyond. Some of these include media materials and image...
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Blue Planet II - One Ocean: The videos
Science, Maths & Technology

Blue Planet II - One Ocean: The videos

...OU/BBC co-production Blue Planet II. Here's a taste of the episode, and some of the work that went into producing it... The tusk fish and the tool How do you get into a delicious clam when you have no hands? The tusk fish has a way... And here's cameraperson Alex Vail talking about capturing that behaviour: And y'know, they call them killer whales Orcas use their skills...
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