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Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...skills infrastructure. New funding will be made available to support the creation of 110 free schools. These will, controversially, include new selective schools and specialist maths schools. While it is widely recognised that students attending selective schools can benefit from the experience, average performance across all students in areas served by such schools is...
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How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How are insect wings helping replace antibiotics?

...study. “The next step is to test the performance of the new surfaces on living animals,” says Kaushik Chatterjee, assistant professor at IISc and study leader. Chatterjee is already interacting with orthopaedic surgeons “to explore possible strategies for eventual clinical use”. Jafar Hasan, a member of the IISc research team, says the method could also work for...
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Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19
Society, Politics & Law

Recording women's experiences and resilience during Covid-19

...studies with The Open University (OU) have helped her to support Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) members during this challenging time: OU/EIS Microcredentials Case Study: https://www.open.ac.uk/scotland/partnerships/unions/pauline-mccolgan Scottish Union Learning Fringe event on the impact of COVID-19 in 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvkjNg31gaI EIS...
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Hard Choices: How Would You React?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hard Choices: How Would You React?

...study is based on real life experiences of social workers, but for the purpose of this activity all characters have been fictionalised and details have also been greatly simplified. As you read through each stage of the case study, you will be asked to stop and make a decision. There are no "right" or "wrong" answers - different people have different needs and values, and...
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What is the Neurodiversity Hub?
Education & Development

What is the Neurodiversity Hub?

...study and everyday life. Why Neurodiversity? Neurodiversity can be thought of broadly as the range of different ways individual’s brains function across a population. An individual whose brain may function differently can be thought of as neurodivergent and it is these individuals that make up a neurodiverse population. Common forms of neurodivergence such as Autism,...
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From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture
Digital & Computing

From Zero Day to Doomsday – Public Lecture

...comments box below this article. Study with The Open University Find out more about opportunities to study computing at the OU Find out about the OU’s lead role in the Institute of Coding Introduction to computing and information technology 1 (TM112) Introduction to cybersecurity: say safe online Information security Introduction to computing and information technology...
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Thought and Experience
History & The Arts

Thought and Experience

...study of emotions An interview with Peter Goldie focusing on how the study of emotions can progress, the nature of emotions, how biology and culture can shape emotional capacity and the relationship between emotion and rationality. The Gricean Program A detailed discussion by Dr Barry Smith about the Gricean Program and the meaning of linguistic expression in terms of the...
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Philosophy and the Human Situation
History & The Arts

Philosophy and the Human Situation

...study of philosophy and the human situation, and contains talks and debates from leading philosophical thinkers and teachers, past and present. This material forms part of The Open University course A211 Philosophy and the human situation... Philosophy and the human situation An introduction to this album Liberty and Offence Philosophy professor Jonathan Wolff discusses...
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