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PodMag September 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag September 2016

...Open University...This edition of the PodMag focuses on starting to study, either for the first time or beginning a new module. We hear from Georgina Blakeley about her top tips for studying, Alison Green talks about the merger between Arts and Social Sciences, and Nicky Harlow talks about how essays are marked, and what advice she has for students as a writer. Select...
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Quiz: Can you identify food under an electron microscope?
Science, Maths & Technology

Quiz: Can you identify food under an electron microscope?

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses and qualifications. Start the quiz now. [Screenshot of the launch image from the interactive.] Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. If you are having problems viewing the quiz, changing...
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You are here
Science, Maths & Technology

You are here

...find out more about the Milky Way, the 30 or so galaxies that make up our local group and much more...Find out more You might be closer to a science degree than you think: find out if you're ready to study science with The Open University Discover more about Stargazing LIVE which returns to our screens to take us on a brand new journey of discovery through the night...
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Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?
Society, Politics & Law

Is the UK media failing Welsh voters?

...sources relative to other news produced in Wales. Despite these positive viewer numbers, however, content analysis of UK-wide broadcast programming has shown Wales generally, and the assembly specifically, represent only a tiny proportion of the news agenda. [UK wide news programmes viewed by Welsh audience] The survey also found that 11% regularly rely on the internet...
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After Manchester: What are the challenges for security services?
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: What are the challenges for security services?

...sources have warned of the growing threat from jihadist groups. In 2015, MI5 and anti-terrorism police were monitoring an estimated 3,000 home-grown extremists. More than half were on watch lists in London, while other clusters were located elsewhere in the south-east of England, the West Midlands and Manchester. Security sources are also increasingly concerned about the...
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Darwin explores the Sierra de la Ventana
History & The Arts

Darwin explores the Sierra de la Ventana

...source, I do not doubt that this is the case for the Gauchos assured me, that in the middle of the dry summer, this stream, at the same time with the Colorado has periodical floods; which can only originate in the snow melting on the Andes. It is extremely improbable that a stream so small as the Sauce then was, should traverse the entire width of the continent; and...
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What impact does your pet's food have on the environment?
Nature & Environment

What impact does your pet's food have on the environment?

...sources. Meat-based diets for humans and animals alike have much larger ecological footprints than plant-based diets, because it takes lots of land, water and food to feed pigs, cows, sheep, poultry and farmed fish. By-products are sustainable and healthy for animals to consume. The best way to feed our pets meat-based diets with minimal footprints is to use every part of...
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The Dates of the Buddha
History & The Arts

The Dates of the Buddha

...sources, even the date in which the Buddha was born and died is uncertain. As research increases and becomes more specific in different areas, we come across the paradox of scholars knowing more and more about less and less. The Controversy on Dates of the Buddha [Dates of the Buddha] Reading “The Cambridge History of India”, vol. 1 (1922), we find the following...
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