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Introducing language and creativity
Languages

Introducing language and creativity

...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 prospectus site:...
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Finding creativity in orbit?
Science, Maths & Technology

Finding creativity in orbit?

...creative people to space?...In the Guardian Weekend supplement last week, Jon Ronson spent some time exploring Richard Branson's plans to take paying customers into orbit. In the course of his research, Ronson met up with Trevor Beattie, who mused about what this might mean for all of us: I am at a table towards the back of the hangar, listening to the speeches with...
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Facilitating creative thinking
Money & Business

Facilitating creative thinking

...creative problem-solving, providing a chance to adopt a new approach to the difficulties we encounter in our daily lives. Their reflections on time-keeping and good facilitation provide insight whilst the group tackle problems they’ve experienced at work, using different processes and techniques. This material forms part of The Open University course B822, Creativity,...
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Are you a design creative?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are you a design creative?

...increased recognition that design is a creative, social and ecological practice that can be applied to address societal challenges by creating ecosystems of commodities but also other assets such as natural resources, social connections, socio-technical infrastructures or ventures. Creating these ecosystems, infrastructures or ventures requires new disciplinary knowledge....
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Write it right: seven common writing mistakes
Languages

Write it right: seven common writing mistakes

...writing mistakes which can impact the grades they receive for their Open University assignments..._Find out more about The Open University's English language courses and qualifications. _ This handy animation has been produced to act as a refresher for those occasions when you might want to check your use of apostrophes and your there, their and they’re. We also look at...
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Start writing plays
History & The Arts

Start writing plays

...writing for the stage. Contributors include Alan Ayckbourn, David Edgar, Bryony Lavery and Willy Russell, who discuss their own work and the pleasures and pitfalls of crafting a script. All of the fundamental topics, from character and structure to dialogue and editing, are covered in detail in a series of entertaining and insightful interviews. This material forms part...
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Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...creative process, the creative process is in the writing. It shouldn’t be in the writing of the pitch. But you do need to be able to articulate what you want to write about; otherwise, why would I, why I would commission, if I don’t know what it is why would I commission it? And if you think oh he’s lucky he just gets all the pitches. My job is I have to pitch...
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