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Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...work on reading for pleasure, the OU team found that the class reading areas and the sometimes fabulous school libraries were, in all but one of the four schools, simply used as text repositoriesIn recent research undertaken in areas of social and economic disadvantage, in schools renowned locally for their work on reading for pleasure, the OU team found that the class...
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Article 10 mins
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...working on tapestries and theatre lighting. In this course, you will be using computation and algorithms not just as tools, but as a way to think about design. The logic of algorithms is different from human logic and processes. Thinking with algorithms changes how designers work. Algorithmic ways of thinking have spawned algorithmic art as well as computer games and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance
Health, Sports & Psychology

Bullying and Manipulation: Join the Resistance

...work, school and even on Twitter at the hands of Donald Trump...We all have an imperative role to play in stopping bullying behaviour. But have you ever wondered what strategies we can use, both to manage our own responses to bullies, but also to maintain contexts where this behaviour is discouraged? This short interactive experience explores the psychology of bullying...
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Activity 15 mins
Women in Law
Society, Politics & Law

Women in Law

...working conditions at the top of the legal world simply not appeal to women in the profession? Gary Slapper, Professor of Law at The Open University discusses the issues with Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times... Women in Law Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times discuss the role of women in the legal profession....
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Audio 12 mins
What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...work in astronomy, Paul Donald explains their use in conservation science and hydrologist Nick Reynard talks about using models to simulate extreme weather events such as flooding. Question from Jim Hay: "I wonder if you could explain what a model is? The term is used so frequently on science programmes that I just let it slide past me but the fact is I don’t know what...
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Audio 5 mins
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...Working through this course will help you to explore these factors, to gain the inside knowledge to impress in applications and at interviews and to put together an action plan that is tailored for you. Transcript Enrolling on this course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they are a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...working class presence in the game in Wales, certainly started in the 1870’s and 1880’s when the game arrived in England from the English public schools and universities and it initially made an impact at the public school Llandovery, Lampeter college, Brecon College, at that level in Wales but in less than a decade it spread out into the society which was at that...
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Audio 20 mins
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...working out how much change you might receive, to how long a journey might take, to solving puzzles. You’re going to start by looking at some puzzles. You may be wondering what puzzles have to do with solving real problems. First of all, they introduce you to working logically and systematically, which is an important general technique that is used often in mathematics....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs