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Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

Food, shelter and re-designing home as a living system

Housing has become the most valuable asset on Earth while people are increasingly going without food and shelter. How can we design for people to have a home, while also regenerating the living systems on which we depend?

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5 mins
Brain Awareness Week article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

Brain Awareness Week

11-17 March is Brain Awareness Week. From our OU PhD students' fascinating research into the brain to new articles with mind-blowing facts, we've got a host of FREE brainy learning materials.

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1 hr
Co-design approaches article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

Co-design approaches

There are many different approaches, methods and tools that can be used to enable co-design at different stages in the process.

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5 mins
A brief introduction to co-design article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

A brief introduction to co-design

Co-design is becoming important in the face of complex social, political, environmental, educational and technological issues.

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5 mins
About the Design Hub article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

About the Design Hub

Welcome to the Design Hub where you can find out more about design and innovation at The Open University.

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5 mins
British Science Week article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

British Science Week

Celebrate all things science with British Science Week! We've got free courses, games, animations and more...

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1 hr 30 mins
Astronomy: images of the Universe free course icon level 2: intermediate icon

Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy: images of the Universe

Modern astronomy utilises a range of techniques across the electromagnetic spectrum that allow astronomers to measure the brightness, size and shape of astronomical objects, as well as their structure in many cases. This free course enables you to explore multiwavelength images of the Universe and make your own measurements of stars, nebulae and...

Free course
6 hrs
Interested in a STEM career? article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

Interested in a STEM career?

Browse our collection of FREE resources offering useful skills and solutions to help you get into a STEM career or return to one.

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30 mins
The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub article icon

Education & Development

The Open University and SWAP Learning Hub

The site, a partnership between The Open University in Scotland and the Scottish Wider Access Programme (SWAP), brings together introductory level OpenLearn courses relevant to students studying SWAP courses. SWAP students can find courses that offer new topics to explore, build on their study with SWAP, and help prepare for further study at ...

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5 mins
Academic versus AI article icon

Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

We wondered how easy it was to tell the difference between the work of a real-life human, and a machine… so you tell us!

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5 mins
Tips for using a large language model article icon

Digital & Computing

Tips for using a large language model

How should you use Chat GPT and other language models for work, study and life? This article gives you eight top tips for using this sort of artificial intelligence.

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5 mins
Large language models - the chatty computer article icon

Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

Chat GPT is a large language-model based chatbot but is the information it gives accurate? This article looks at the limitations of this advanced open artificial intelligence.

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5 mins