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Writing for pleasure?
Education & Development

Writing for pleasure?

...become more experienced. Yet as our 16 project teachers observed, when reflecting upon the Arvon residential experience, writing has the capacity to surprise, to move and to engage us, offering a deep sense of satisfaction which fosters the desire to write – to write more, more effectively and to find and explore one’s voice. Writing that is undertaken at our own...
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The house doesn't always win
Digital & Computing

The house doesn't always win

...become known as ‘the internet of things’ where an increasing number of devices – from televisions and sound systems, to heating systems and lightbulbs can connect to the internet – either to receive content (such as movies and music), or to allow for remote monitoring (‘how warm is my house right now?’) or control (turn the oven on, I’m on my way home). The...
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Introducing philosophy
History & The Arts

Introducing philosophy

...become a philosopher. You will also have an opportunity to debate with fellow students online. Writing. Writing is an extension of the discussion process described above. When you sit down to write about a topic you will be doing much the same thing as when you discuss it in a tutorial. You will be interpreting, evaluating, and constructing arguments. But now you will be...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?

...become infected and pass through the health service avoids a greater flow of people through the health service later. From a systems perspective, this demonstration is a simple system process that has two stages: The population (Bucket 1, which is a population of 65 million) and the health system (which has limited capacity). This system is shown below. [Systems model...
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Article 15 mins
Sea level rise in Bangladesh
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Bangladesh

...becoming more difficult to sustain as storm surges become more frequent and sea-level rise continues. [Shrimp seller in Khulna, Bangladesh ] A shrimp seller in Khulna, Bangladesh Cyclone Aila Kolbari village lies in Khulna, in the South West of Bangladesh. In the 2009 Cyclone Aila, water from the sea surged over embankments along the Kholpetua river. Kolbari, which is...
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Article 5 mins
Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver
Education & Development

Julie Asumu: mother, grandmother, stalwart of Manchester’s Black community, activist and care giver

...become a teacher in Nigeria during the 1950s and 60s, you had to study for two years as a pupil-teacher and pass an exam which would qualify you to act as an assistant head teacher. You would continue studying for a further two years in a higher teacher's college and at the end of those two years, you would sit and pass an exam which would certify you to work as a head...
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Article 15 mins
Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...becoming much more diverse, so I don’t think they’re polar opposites anymore and I think there’s a lot more in between. And again I think that natural history broadcasting needs to work on a number of levels at the same time, not necessarily the same programme working at a number of levels, some do, but across the piece it can work at a number of levels. There’s...
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Video 40 mins