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Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...study in Sport and fitness. You might be interested in the related Open University course E315 Contemporary sport and exercise issues....Sporting women in the media: Introduction - The aim of this free course, Sporting women in the media, is to explore how and why gender discrimination and gender inequalities exist in sport and to investigate some of the implications....
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...skills shortages. Finally, don’t underestimate your own experience, and that of colleagues, of working for the organisation. What does this tell you about some of its intangible resources, such as how staff communicate with each other and how they are led and managed? Some questions that you might want to ask include: Physical resources Are buildings, plant and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Planning a better future
Money & Business

Planning a better future

...changing jobs, wishing to move up the ladder or return to work after a break. ...Planning a better future is an introductory course for anyone considering changing jobs, wondering how to move up the ladder or return to work after a break, and those aspiring to better things. Transcript If you are interested in studying this course, visit the course website here....
Systems explained by Russell Ackoff
Money & Business

Systems explained by Russell Ackoff

...and operational research...Russell Ackoff is a multifaceted academic and business thinker. Born in Philadelphia in 1919, he has been characterised as an architect, a philosopher, a city planner, an operations researcher and a problem solver. He is perhaps best known for making systems thinking understandable and accessible. But his studies began uneventfully... Transcript...
60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Special relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Special relativity

Who had more fun in life, Albert Einstein or Richard Feynman? Whichever one of them was travelling faster...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Andrew Norton on the framework of special relativity and examples of measured time dilation and length contraction Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language learning

...studying beyond your usual level. You can access, compare, analyse and contrast texts that you would otherwise not so easily understand, and thus gain a deeper insight into the culture you are studying. But beware, as this can be both a help and a hindrance: a hindrance when you use the tools to cut corners and avoid engaging with the language you are learning, but a...
Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy
Society, Politics & Law

Uncanny valley: why we find human-like robots and dolls so creepy

...studies conducted by psychologists. Research started in earnest from 2005, when Karl MacDorman and Takashi Minato translated Mori’s original paper into English. Interest in the area has since expanded quickly: so far, 510 academic papers reference the effect in 2015, compared to just 35 in 2004. Although the effect is easy to describe, and feels intuitively “right”...
Getting to the heart of it: investigating side effects of anti-cancer treatments
Science, Maths & Technology

Getting to the heart of it: investigating side effects of anti-cancer treatments

...study by an American research group investigated the leading cause of death in women diagnosed with breast cancer, over the age of 65. By the end of this 12-year study, half of the patients had died, with the leading cause of death being cardiovascular disease (CVD), closely followed by cancer. The study showed that over time, deaths from cancer decreased while death from...