Once again this past week we’ve been busy scanning across the internet to find the latest information and Open University courses. The greatest university on the planet (we reckon anyway) is always innovating and leading the way on many issues that affect us around the globe and these news pieces reflect just that. So if there’s a free course or bit of news on the agenda then hopefully we will pick it up and stick it on the next Open University news.
Photographic memory is more complex than simply being able to recall everything. Here’s a test you can take to see if you have it. For most of us, memories are a constantly changing thing, non-existent beyond a certain past age. Can you remember anything before, say, 7 years old? Sigmund Freud used to call our inability to recall memories from our youth “childhood amnesia,” and a study last year found these memories faded between 3 and 7 years old, with only the most vivid memories, marked by times, dates, and places, making it through. Researchers at the University of Iowa Department of Psychology have developed a test, along with Bang Goes the Theory and The Open University, so you can see if you have eidetic memory.
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Managing my money: Your questions answered. Martin Upton and Jonquil Lowe sit down to discuss some of the questions raised by learners studying Managing My Money.
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Exploring English grammar. This module looks at how we choose to represent ourselves and our world through choices of wording and grammar and will appeal to people who enjoy an analytical approach. You will explore applications of language analysis in different work contexts and address questions such as: What makes particular texts effective?
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