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26/06/2013 - 17:44
War poems are a breakthrough for creative writer
Getting your poetry published is notoriously tough, but writer Caroline Davies (pictured) has made the breakthrough with a collection of poems about war. She says the OU’s Advanced creative writing course A363 got her off to a flying start. “After completing A215 in 2006 I put off starting A363, in the mistaken belief that it would involve writing...
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28/03/2013 - 12:02
How philosophy and psychotherapy meet in existential counselling
Philosophy and counselling may sound like unlikely bedfellows, but they have come together in a novel form of therapy called existential counselling. One of the leading exponents of the British school of existential counselling is Dr Darren Langdridge, head of the OU's department of Psychology. He's just published a new book, Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy. So what is existential...
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28/03/2013 - 11:52
The top 20 most wanted professions in the world
Around the world there are a number of professions in high demand. The BBC Business website has compiled a list of the top 20 most wanted professions internationally, and the countries that want them. The list includes psychologists, physiotherapists and chefs, and there are case studies. Is your profession there? Check it out on Global migrants: Which is the most wanted profession?
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5th January 2009
2009 to be a year that never was for planetary science?
The Open University's Head of Planetary and Space Sciences, Colin Pillinger, has warned the only thing science will be celebrating in 2009 are achievements past. In an article for The Telegraph, he said: ‘Is 2009 going to be the year that never was for planetary science?' It certainly looks like it. NASA’s giant Mars Rover is over budget by almost as much as...
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12th December 2008
Man flu - not such a laughing matter?
It’s that time of year when coughs and colds are rife; people don’t leave home without their tissues and Lemsip sachets and some of them will unintentionally do impressions of Rudolph the red nosed reindeer as they attempt to battle their snuffles. This week the BBC reported that granny’s advice to boost your intake of hot drinks when you have a...
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15th September 2008
OU informing Government strategy on education
The OU is at the centre of three major research projects to determine what an ideal education system should be like and how ICT can play a role in helping achieve this vision. “New technology potentially enables the transformation of education,” said Peter Twining, the Head of the OU’s Department of Education. “But the first questions have...
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New Student Charter website now live
The Student Charter, which has been developed jointly by University staff and the OU Students Association, was launched by the Vice Chancellor on 23 April 2013, the 44th...
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