Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Alison Fox, Deborah Cooper and Clare Lee, with welcome contributions and feedback from Gill Clifton, Claire Hewson, John Oates and Simon Rea. Gill Clifton, Claire Hewson, John Oates and Simon Rea. It was first published in October 2020.

With thanks to Open University colleagues Professor Jonty Rix, Dr Kate Breeze, Dr Alison Buckler, Dr Liz Chamberlain and Professor Teresa Cremin for their audio accounts.

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