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TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem
Nature & Environment

TOTEM LATAMAT: an Indigenous reminder we are all part of the ecosystem

...OU in the person of Professor Graham Harvey. As the 2021 Festival approached, it became clear that our usual fortnight of performances, debates and exhibitions would not be possible: COVID-19 (itself a direct consequence of the destruction of natural habitats and industrial farming) was making it impossible for Indigenous artists to travel or audiences to gather. [Photo...
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Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...OU film made about the festival: “Indigenous in London”. Transcript This year, because of the Covid pandemic, the festival is extended temporally and geographically, continuing into 2022 and hosting events beyond London. It will highlight the interlinked themes of Covid, Climate Change and Colonialism. This is the context for the Latamat totem’s journey to Glasgow...
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The physical impacts of ADHD
Health, Sports & Psychology

The physical impacts of ADHD

...from headaches or becoming exhausted. This shift of focus can mean that ‘effectiveness’ is not the only goal of accommodations. It also recognises that ADHD does not only impact a person’s thinking and behaviour but also how the combination of environment and ADHD can be felt within the body. A longer version of this article was previously published on OU News....
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What is National Insurance and what is it used for?
Society, Politics & Law

What is National Insurance and what is it used for?

...OU's Jonquil Lowe explored why the proposals had proved so controversial...[National insurance form ] A tax called national insurance has become the centre of a row within Britain’s ruling Conservative Party. The recent budget announced a rise in the tax for the self-employed (from 9% to 11% on profits above £8,060 – still less than the 12% paid by employees). But a...
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World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...students with the same curriculum as that followed by male students to ensure that women’s achievements would be recognised as equal. However, women were not awarded degrees on an equal basis to men at Cambridge until 1948. Fifty years afterwards, in 1998, a special ceremony was held at the university to honour the 900 women who had earned, but not been awarded, degrees...
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Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...OU mathematics MSc students can write a masters dissertation on in the module M840, Dissertation in mathematics. Research at The Open University: The hat and spectre tilings are currently being investigated by our mathematicians and engineers as part of their research into new materials. Visit A class of aperiodic honeycombs with tuneable mechanical properties for more...
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Treezilla
Society, Politics & Law

Treezilla

...students and the general public can get involved with. The idea is to map every tree in Britain. This will create a data-rich platform on which a wide range of citizen science investigations can be built". Treezilla is one of many applications available with The OpenScience Laboratory. It was initiated by researchers, scientists & educators and encourages people to...
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PodMag October 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag October 2016

...2 History module on the birth of modern Britain, Helen Kaye talks about the new 3rd level Psychology module where students can undertake their own research, and Catriona Havard tells us about the exciting 3rd level interdisciplinary counselling and forensic psychology module first being presented in October 2017. Select here for a copy of the transcript of this audio...
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