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The Arts and Creativity
Education & Development

The Arts and Creativity

...Manager...Find out more about The Open University's Art History courses and qualifications. I’m a Senior Manager in the Access, Open and Cross-curricular Innovation team and my favourite aspect about the YXM130 module is that you can use short courses that you have already studied to count towards the module - what a win! When studying this module, you can also continue...
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The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...Introduction The OpenLearn platform is home to around 1,000 free courses, thousands of videos, articles and educational activities and serves as the OER output of The Open University (UK). When launched in 2006 supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, its aim was to release OER as a by-product of the formal taught curriculum, which in turn...
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'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...introduction of un(mis)labelled products or harmful foreign substances. This has called for tougher legislation and security of production processes, which are hopefully being implemented. However that is not all we should be worrying about. We should also consider what has been the cost in the course of production of ‘good’ food as well. How has the environment fared...
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What is it like to research death and loss?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is it like to research death and loss?

...and Health. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89396-9_5 [Free-to-access version: https://oro.open.ac.uk/52288/1/E%20Borgstrom_ethno%20chapter_2017.11.10_ORO%20copy.pdf] • Borgstrom, E., & Ellis, J. (2017). Introduction: researching death, dying and bereavement. Mortality, 22(2), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2017.1291600...
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Learning at Work Week: The OpenLearn Intrapreneurship Hub
Miscellaneous

Learning at Work Week: The OpenLearn Intrapreneurship Hub

...introduction, which will help you get started with OpenLearn. Transcript Transcript Transcript Transcript Transcript To get you started while we work on your exclusive content for 2026, we've picked some key themes for this year and provided a few examples of the related content you can discover on OpenLearn. We will provide more once you've registered to support you and...
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The Great Fall: Berlin’s ‘Freedom’ concert
History & The Arts

The Great Fall: Berlin’s ‘Freedom’ concert

...this particular Beethoven symphony adds something not only to our understanding of the wall’s falling, but also to the ongoing cultural history of this remarkable piece of music. Read more articles from Open University academics about their knowledge and experiences of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Learn more An introduction to music theory Study towards an MA in music...
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Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition
Languages

Portales: beginners' Spanish second edition

...introductions Introducing yourself Four people introducing themselves Where do you live Saying where you live and giving your address My family A person talking about her family, who they are and what they do for a living A day in my life A person describing a typical day in their life Opening times Opening times in a shop Spare time activities Three people saying what...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...introduction to this album. A quiet night on Roundhay Wing An abstract dramatisation set in the year 2000. We are introduced to Roundhay Ward, a psychiatric wing of a large hospital in Leeds. The lost souls A patient (Jonathan X) wakes up from a dream surrounded by 3 lost souls. They tell him the only way he can be released form the spell of Roundhay ward is to see Remo -...
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