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Keep on running

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Nov 2011
By Professor Kath Woodward
Oscar Pretorius is nicknamed "the blade runner". But where does assistance for disability end and cheating begin?
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How teenage health affects adult life

How teenage health affects adult life Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 04 May 2011
By Health Check on BBC World Service
Programme five looks at teenage health and the implications for health in later life
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Beating the bookies: The maths of a World Cup win

Beating the bookies: The maths of a World Cup win Copyrighted imageCredit: Timsnell under CC-BY-ND licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 02 Jul 2010
By Kate Chicot
The World Cup is a statistician's dream - but can you use maths to break a bookie's bank and heart?
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Hopes of a host nation

Hopes of a host nation Copyrighted imageCredit: Sputh Africa Tourist Board / Neil Bradfield
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 10 Jun 2010
By Professor Kath Woodward
Kath Woodward explores how the hopes of South Africa will be lifted by the World Cup.
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OU on the BBC: Digital Planet: BBC World Service - Open source in South Africa

OU on the BBC: Digital Planet: BBC World Service - Open source in South Africa Copyrighted imageCredit: wiki nocopyright SKopp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Africa.svg
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 07 Jun 2010
By Click on BBC World Service
The World Service team visit Cape Town for a special edition discovering how technology is changing African lives.
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Languages falling silent: Diversity in biological and cultural context

Languages falling silent: Diversity in biological and cultural context Copyrighted imageCredit: Marek Uliasz | Dreamstime.com
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 19 Aug 2009
By Dr Yoseph Araya
Yoseph Araya takes a look at what we mean by biocultural diversity, and what we can do to preserve it
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Listen to the lecture

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 29 May 2008
By Professor Raphael Kaplinsky
The full version of Professor Kaplinsky's 2008 Open University Lecture to download.
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Privileged work

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Privileged work Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 29 May 2008
By Professor Raphael Kaplinsky
Asian nations have influenced global prices - and that, warns Professor Kaplinsky - has serious consequences for Africa.
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African Renaissance Transcript

African Renaissance Transcript Copyrighted imageCredit: wiki nocopyright SKopp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Africa.svg
Introductory Level Duration 30 mins Updated 08 May 2007
By The Learning Zone Digital Planet team
The Learning Zone guide to how technology is changing society visited South Africa.
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OU on the BBC: Digital Planet: Learning Zone - African Renaissance

OU on the BBC: Digital Planet: Learning Zone - African Renaissance Copyrighted imageCredit: Production team
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 08 May 2007
By The Learning Zone Digital Planet team
Will the future of South Africa be changed by the spread of communications technology? This Open University programme attempted to find out.
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