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Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching
Education & Development

Machine translation – using online tools to improve your language teaching

...ever-increasing importance of digital literacy and artificial intelligence, they also equip language learners with an additional employability skill. References, sources and links von Lindeiner-Stráský, K. (2022). unpublished project report ‘Web-based Machine Translation in Language Learning, Teaching, and Assessment’, Praxis-Project, The Open University 2020-2022....
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Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways to mark Menstrual Health Day

...project, an Open University and Vagina Museum collaboration funded by the Open Societal Challenges initiative. The article also relates to Open University law modules including W340: Law, Society, and Culture, and W350: Exploring Legal Boundaries. What is Menstrual Health Day? In 2014, WASH United responded to ongoing stigma relating to menstruation by initiating...
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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...introduction of Equiano and his autobiography focuses on his character and the patronage across Britain for his literature. The letters describe Equiano as African, enlightened, intelligent, upright, distinguished and of excellent character (Vassa, 2004). These descriptions of his character allow for consideration on the fluidity of Equiano’s identity as an Igbo,...
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Space, Time and Consciousness
Science, Maths & Technology

Space, Time and Consciousness

...introduction to this album Consciousness and the Limits of Science Professor Russell Stannard asks how can we ever understand the relationship between consciousness and the physical brain. Free Will and Determinism All day long we have to make choices. Professor Russell Stannard asks if were really free to choose. Cosmology Professor Russell Stannard explores what kind of...
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Audio 1 hr 49 mins
Globalisation and health
Society, Politics & Law

Globalisation and health

...introduction to album. The impact of globalisation Globalisation affects public health at many different levels, from the micro scale of virus transmission to the macro scale of world trade. The global-local interface How globalisation destroys borders creating a mutually interdependent world. Players in global health The players in global health, from international...
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Art and architecture
History & The Arts

Art and architecture

...introduction to this album. The pyramid at the Louvre Architect, I M Pei, discusses the design brief for his pyramid entrance to the Louvre. English Philistines, French Sophisticates How a British King's art collection became a French King's art collection. Subversive classicism How French sculptor, Puget, nearly lost his head with his representation of Louis XIV. Open...
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Music in Code
History & The Arts

Music in Code

...introduction to this album The Decap Cafe Organ The mechanical music manufacturer’s craft - how a robot organ plays music through code. The Pin Barrel What is a pin barrel and how does it create music? The mechanisms of pin barrrels in the Nickelodeon Collection at Ashorne Hall. Street Piano The story of a traditional barrel piano from Warwick, its mechanism and...
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Audio 29 mins
This Sporting Planet
Society, Politics & Law

This Sporting Planet

...introduction to this album. What Sport Tells us About Life Ed Smith, professional cricketer and author of 'What Sport Tells Us About Life' (2008), discusses how and why sport has come to acquire such intense and diverse social meanings. Sport and Change Sue Tibballs chief Executive of the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) focuses on the role of women in sport and their...
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Audio 1 hr 29 mins