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...ou actuelles? - Les musiques traditionnelles ont envahi la scène artistique à partir des années soixante-dix. Vingt ans plus tard, portées par un regain de popularité, elles ont réapparu sous la bannière très éclectique des «musiques du monde». Ayant su profiter de l’intérêt grandissant du public pour ces musiques, les musiques traditionnelles se sont sans...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin
History & The Arts

Creating a different world: Celebrating Ursula K LeGuin

...become perilous. In The Left Hand of Darkness, society on the ice planet of Gethen revolves around partly familial, partly tribal groups called “hearths” – and expulsion means sure death from cold. In Always Coming Home, alongside the main narrative, we get ethnographic notes about the customs, myths and rituals of the Kesh tribe. Principles and beliefs associated...
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Article 5 mins
Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking
Health, Sports & Psychology

Outdoor Therapy: The Benefits of Walking and Talking

...becomes upset. [Group of students walking down the street with coffee cups] Outdoor therapy is not provided as standard on the NHS but there are discussions within services about how to make this more commonplace. If people are interested in completing this with a therapist in private practice then I would always recommend finding a therapist through the usual route...
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Article 15 mins
The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...OU lecturers Miranda Dyson and Vicky Taylor look at the remarkable strategies predators and prey deploy...We’re here to reveal another side to “nature, red in tooth and claw”. Predators are commonly perceived as being ferocious successful hunters and their prey as having little or no chance of survival once the hunt is on. The truth however, is that hunts often...
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Article 10 mins
Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...students: become more effective, independent and confident self-directed learners understand how they are learning and relate their learning to a wider context improve their general skills for study and career management articulate personal goals and evaluate progress towards their achievement develop a positive attitude to learning throughout life. (Houghton and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

Penalty Pressure Potential at Euro 2016

...become a hero in the eyes of the media, but rarely are they subjected to the same media condemnation as a player who misses a penalty when they fail to save a penalty. As a result of this teams often focus a significant amount of effort on preparing for the possibility of a penalty shoot-out. The Welsh team, for example, have reportedly been practicing penalties in...
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Article 10 mins
Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?
Society, Politics & Law

Could your brain activity be used in evidence against you?

...become part of the court process? The OU's Paul Catley and Lisa Claydon consider the case...A man is charged with stealing a very distinctive blue diamond. The man claims never to have seen the diamond before. An expert is called to testify whether the brain responses exhibited by this man indicate he has seen the diamond before. The question is – should this...
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Article 5 mins
Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene
Science, Maths & Technology

Winchcombe Meteorite: Insights from the First Scientist on the Scene

...OU science lab] Ross Findlay analysing a sample in a lab at The Open University. The Winchcombe meteorite will be curated in very clean conditions and be made available for international scientific study but The Open University scientists are already hard at work. Richard: “The analysis campaign at The Open University is now in full swing. In addition to oxygen isotope...
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Article 10 mins