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Society, Politics & Law
The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
The Cyber Armour is a podcast exposing the dangers women and girls face online – from deepfakes to dating app risks – and exploring how we can fight back for a safer digital world.
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Society, Politics & Law
Systems Thinking Hub
Welcome! Check out our fantastic range of FREE resources on systems thinking in practice.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Veganism interactive
Veganism has been big news in recent years, and that trend looks set to continue. Explore the rise of veganism in this interactive, you will learn about how veganism relates to speciesism, the historical background to the vegan movement, and more.
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Society, Politics & Law
Introducing International Relations
In this free course you will be introduced to the subject of International Relations (IR). You will learn how IR seeks to analyse vital global problems and the key actors and issues involved. In the course you will explore two contemporary case studies: the competition between great powers like the USA and China for access to Africa’s resources;...
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Society, Politics & Law
Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
As the lead up to the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General picks up pace, Dr Georgina Holmes explains the selection process and reflects on why there is growing momentum to appoint a woman.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Can we design places to combat loneliness?
How might where people live affect how lonely they feel?
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Society, Politics & Law
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
The following learning is from the Geography strand in The Open University level 1 module D113 ‘Global challenges: social science in action’.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Drivers and hand-held mobile phones: extending the ban won’t solve the problem – here’s why
Dr Gemma Briggs and Dr Helen Wells look at the changes to the law for using a mobile phone whilst driving and why attitudes towards this activity need to change.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Think you’re better at driving than most? How psychological biases are keeping our roads unsafe
Overconfidence in your driving ability can be highly dangerous. Dr Gemma Briggs explains how can we change driver behaviour.
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Crime fiction
Explore the world of crime fiction with The Open University, a world leader in distance learning. Discover free courses, articles, video and audio resources, and interactive activities, free to study and available to start right away.
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Education & Development
Citational politics
Azumah Dennis and Jenny Douglas explore the importance of paying our thanks and respect to the work of those who have inspired us.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance
When a person is being bullied, who’s at fault - the bully, the enablers, or the bystanders? This interactive explores bullying at work, school and even on Twitter at the hands of Donald Trump.