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Take away Science
History & The Arts

Take away Science

...communication; and to Rough Science's Dr Jonathan Hare about his research into Buckmeinsterfullerene. We also return to the SCHOME project (from Programme 5) and meet the students involved - in the real world! The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science. Science in Second...
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Audio 3 hrs 50 mins
The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2
Society, Politics & Law

The Legacy of Nuclear Power, Part 2

...community, also given that it’s pretty pro nuclear, there is always the urge to production. And actually whereas Hanford [see part 1] has gone now more or less for clean-up, and that’s its job, you’ve still got this problem at Sellafield when they believe that they’ve still got a mission in terms of production. Re-processing is being phased out there. Possibly...
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Audio 5 mins
Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation
History & The Arts

Humphry Davy, laughing gas and the era of self-experimentation

...communicate intelligibly with each other on the operation of this extraordinary gas.’ Davy instituted a loose reporting protocol, asking every volunteer to produce a short written description of their experience. Some subjects produced answers that were oblique but highly imaginative: one of the clinic patients answered ‘how do you feel?’ with ‘I feel like the...
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Article 5 mins
Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...communal and political unrest, especially after the brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh on 16 December 2012, three weeks before my fieldwork began, which was followed by national and international outcry and unprecedented protests. The mediatisation and public imagination of this event fundamentally restructured gender, class and age relations in Delhi (Atluri,...
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Article 5 mins
Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Intimate not Intimidated: It's Time to Talk about Sex and Disability

...communicate with them about sex and intimacy. CHARLOTTE It’s takes a lot of relationship building before you can say Helen, could you put Tom in my sexy knickers please. It’s amazing when you have that relationship that you can do that and you can feel free to do that with your PAs because, you know, sex is a health and wellbeing need like as far as we’re concerned....
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Video 15 mins
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...communicate with each other and us, streamlining our lives in the process. Now, you might be wondering, ‘What is the connection between all of them?’ Well, robots are often seen performing repetitive tasks and interacting with humans. But they are also a goldmine of data! Every movement, interaction and task a robot performs can be translated into valuable data. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open University’s OpenLearn...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Design thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Design thinking

...community? Design thinking can structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun during the process too! In this course, you will find a mix of inspirational readings, ‘how to’ guides and practical design activities. This course will give you examples of each, discussing ‘What is design,’ showing you ‘How to make...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs