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Ecosystems: living communities
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: living communities

...systems of energy transfer and explores some of the key processes that occur. It goes on to show how these complex systems can be affected by external influences and harmed by the activities of humans. This material forms part of The Open University course S396 Ecosystems... Ecosystems: living communities A short introduction to this album What is an ecosystem? How the...
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Selective laser melting (SLM)
Science, Maths & Technology

Selective laser melting (SLM)

...systems, unmelted material is not lost and can generally be reused. Furthermore, because the layer height is defined by the amount the build chamber is lowered, the layers can be very small, resulting in very fine feature resolution...[Images to demonstrate 'Selective laser melting (SLM)' -see article ] Manufacture: The main heat sources are as follows: Lasers are the...
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Article 10 mins
Future Technologies: Designing with vision
Science, Maths & Technology

Future Technologies: Designing with vision

...system detects what you are looking at and offers you a range of on-screen alternative shapes. This is computing that works with your own creativity rather than replacing it – this research, a collaboration between the OU and the University of Leeds is aimed at stimulating and generating ideas for designers, the result could have a global effect on the industries of the...
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The fascination with crime
Science, Maths & Technology

The fascination with crime

...systems: making sense of complexity... The fascination with crime An introduction to this album. The notion of crime Open University criminology lecturer Louise Westmarland shares her interest and knowledge of criminology, justice and crime. Crime fiction versus crime reality Why are we so obsessed with crime fiction? Two novelists of the genre offer us an insight and...
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Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial
Society, Politics & Law

Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial

...system. But how much do jurors get it wrong?...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. From CSI to Law and Order, Line of Duty and Midsomer Murders, there is huge public fascination with crime and the criminal justice system. Especially when things come to a climactic ending and jurors decide on a defendent’s fate. But how much do jurors get it wrong? Will the...
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Article 5 mins
SecureDrop
Society, Politics & Law

SecureDrop

...system...[Secure Drop logo] SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from and communicate with anonymous sources. It was originally created by the late Aaron Swartz and is currently managed by Freedom of the Press Foundation. It was initiated by a non-governmental organisation/charity and...
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Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...system thinking to provide a framework with which to better understand environmental management and organisations...It is believed that environmental management requires action at all levels and by organisations of all types and sizes. However it is not always clear what we mean by environmental management and the role that organisations do and could play. This free...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Newsworthy Lawyers
Society, Politics & Law

Newsworthy Lawyers

...system. Professor Gary Slapper discusses the developments that led to this revolutionary change with Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, under whose professional investigative journalism resulted in the democratisation of law... Newsworthy Lawyers Professor Gary Slapper of The Open University, and Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of The Times, discuss opening up the legal...
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