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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views
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Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views

...interactive pieces of content, the comment box will appear on the launching page, rather than within the body of the content itself. Who can comment? Everyone is welcome to comment - although you will need to create a free Open University account if you don't already have one. What are the rules? The creation of an Open University account comes with its own set of terms...
Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix
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Why school is bad for us - an inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Rix

...interact and thus frames and constrains teaching and learning in most, though not all schools and classrooms. Peter Twining believes that a mismatch currently exists between what schools currently teach and what people leaving school need to have learnt in order to prepare them to be fulfilled, effective, and engaged citizens. James Biddulph will draw on his own research...
Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...interactions including noble gases, methane, and water-rock reactions. Her main research target is Mars, where she also is a member of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory Science team. [Dr. Peter Fawdon] Dr. Peter Fawdon UK Space Agency Aurora Research Fellow Peter is a planetary geologist using remote sensing and GIS techniques to explore planetary surfaces. His work...
Influence diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Influence diagrams

...interact, and shows the important relationships that exist among them. It presents an overview of areas of activity, or organisational and other groupings, and their main interrelationships. It is used either to explore those interrelationships, perhaps leading to a regrouping and redefinition of the system and its components, or to express a broad view of how things are...
Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English
History & The Arts

Ta, cheers, much obliged: A brief history of 'thanks' in English

...interact with one another. One of those small, embedded traditions which make up the everyday stuff of human relationships, and help with the smooth running of society. There are several different ways to express the idea in English, many of which reflect different levels of formality. At the more casual end of the spectrum, for example, you have a word like ‘ta’,...
Happy New Year
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Happy New Year

...interactive to help others stay safe online. More free courses on volunteering and cyber security: Working in the voluntary sector Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Get fit You can also get healthy by taking up more exercise; it doesn't have to be strenuous - it can be a brisk 20 minute walk everyday. Take a look at the boxes below for some inspiration and...
Multiple cause diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple cause diagrams

...interaction between different feedback loops. Elements A title describing the purpose of the diagram. Phrases describing events or states of things. Arrows (which may occasionally be labelled) signifying causality. Conventions The nodes of the diagram consist of phrases that relate to a state or an event (e.g. ‘flat battery’ or ‘battery goes flat’, respectively)....
What do we need to know about our memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we need to know about our memory?

...interacting with lots of other types of cognitive factors.When people talk about changes to their memory they often talk as if memory is one distinct thing and the only thing that influences our thinking skills. But memory is just one specific part of our broader thinking skills, influenced by and interacting with lots of other types of cognitive factors. We call this the...