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Is your wash day polluting the oceans?
Nature & Environment

Is your wash day polluting the oceans?

...system, but are far too small to be removed in the treatment plants where other solid materials and pollutants are caught. As a result, the fibres escape into rivers and then oceans. The fibres which end up in the ocean come from every kind of synthetic garment – from your socks and swimsuits to pullovers and parkas. Plastics break down very slowly in the marine...
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5 benefits of giving up alcohol
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 benefits of giving up alcohol

...thinking of going sober or limiting your alcohol intake, then here are 5 great benefits to keep you on track...[Banner of a small bottle of pills on a blue background. The word 'health' is embedded on the right.] 1. Health In just one month of avoiding alcohol, you should notice a drop in blood pressure and an improvement to your immune system, helping you to fight...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...systems and tools you will use, where to get help and support, and even how to sign up for student discounts. If you are studing one of the university's open programme degrees, such as BA/BSc (Hons) Open, then you can also get more help and support in the OpenLearn course Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits. If you are a postgraduate student then Succeeding in...
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Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...system. Activity 5 Thinking about the ambition of justice Timing: (Allow 10 minutes) Reflect on the statements in Box 2 below. These are all drawn from government or legal sources. What words and ambitions do these have in common? Comment The statements are drawn from the Scottish Government’s Justice Strategy, the website of the judiciary in Scotland (who are separate...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change

...thinking in terms of the previous episodes with climate sceptics, ideologically driven? AW: Nic Lewis is a little bit different to the climate sceptics that we often end by having dialogue with. He is prepared to put his ideas and his papers into peer-review and that means that instead of having an ideologically driven contest, which you can’t really get to any kind of...
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Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
History & The Arts

Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing

...think one of the jobs of a playwright is to listen to those and keep up to date with those. I think on the whole you instinctively listen to the different rhythms of the way that people speak. Some people do speak in a more kind of flowing, mellow kind of a way, and some people have a more kind of jerky way of expressing themselves and, but if you do find yourself getting...
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Investigating a murder with forensic psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Investigating a murder with forensic psychology

...system, recognising that our learners will be based in a range of jurisdictions with different legal processes. As a result, while the fictional case is based in England, the course is not intended to be an accurate portrayal of all legal processes and rules within England and Wales...Week 1: Introduction to the case: 1.1 Meet the psychological team - This course was...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'
Society, Politics & Law

Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'

...think about the sport of boxing, violence outside the ring is never ok and yet too often the men (because it is overwhelmingly men who engage in domestic violence) are looked up to as role models. Mayweather was sentenced to jail for three months after being found guilty for attacking his partner, Josie Harris. The boxer, who committed the offence in front of his two...
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