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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...social aspects of the work we do, we could be reinforcing inequality. That would be sad, because space is a shared human … space, isn’t it? I've never met a person who hates space. Everyone on the planet has a relationship to space. That’s heart-warming. When I look up at the stars, I feel humble in that grandness. I am part of the universe experiencing the...
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What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...working poor rely almost exclusively on cash, with about 97 percent of all transactions involving an exchange of rupees. With 93 percent of the country working in informal off-the-books jobs, most transactions entail personalized relationships rather than standardized forms of legal contract or corporate institutions. My own research on the persistence of Delhi’s...
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Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story
Society, Politics & Law

Struggling to be heard: One woman’s video story

...Social Sciences courses. Background In 2021 Gwen McNeil, an RMT rep based at Scotrail’s Perth depot, produced a short video story of her time as a trade union rep on the railway in Scotland. The video story comprises a selection of images captured by Gwen during her travels across the Scotrail network (and a few from beyond the Scotrail network!). Information about the...
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Impossible Peace 2: Introduction
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Impossible Peace 2: Introduction

...work -‘Impossible Peace’. Our focus now is the period 2005/10, and what happened after the IRA decision to end its armed campaign at 4pm on Thursday, July 28th 2005...[Impossible Peace 2: Dismantling the wars collection trailer] Click here to download the video transcript (docx) A World of War -power, ego and little leadership [Photo of Brian Rowan, a former BBC...
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London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi
Nature & Environment

London’s great smog prompts link with Delhi

...work on the street in both cities, those who drive taxis, are runners, work professionally to tackle air pollution, and those who live with its health consequences. Over 4,000 people are thought to have died in London’s 1952 smog. By today 8,700 people in London will have died prematurely in 2017 because of major air pollutants, with more than one person an hour dying...
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Park Hill Estate
History & The Arts

Park Hill Estate

...working-class industrial city, whose best days were behind it, the city fathers of Sheffield hoped that Park Hill would signal the rejuvenation of the town and provide quality homes in a deprived area. Streets in the Sky The council turned to two young Modernists to realise their vision. Ivor Smith and Jack Lynn were graduates of the Architectural Association and heavily...
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student
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Using OpenLearn as an OU Student

...work content is there to support your development, and because it's created by The Open University (sometimes in partnership with other employers), you can include it on your CV with confidence. OpenLearn digital badges Digital badges which you have earned for successful completion of Badged Open Courses on OpenLearn are listed in your OpenLearn profile, and also on your...
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Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...work of a real-life human, and a machine… so you tell us!...We fed the same article brief - write a 250-word article, titled 'The risks versus the rewards of using AI in higher education in 2024' - into both ChatGPT and an Open University academic. We wanted to find out if it was easy to spot the difference between the work generated by a human - Mike Richards of the...
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