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Dr Vicky Taylor on her work with Asian Elephants
Science, Maths & Technology

Dr Vicky Taylor on her work with Asian Elephants

Dr Vicky Taylor describes her work with Asian elephants and how the partnership with Woburn Safari Park contributes to our courses...Explore the OU/BBC series Vicky Taylor was academic advisor for
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Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
History & The Arts

Download free eBook guides to famous literary works

...works of fiction for you to download and read on your prefered device. ...The Introduction collection In this collection of free eBooks you will find new extended introductions to some classic works of fiction, looking at the creation, themes and characters of the works - Charles Dickens' Great Expectations; Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Viriginia Wolf's Mrs Dalloway;...
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Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction
History & The Arts

Harper Lee's life was as surprising as any work of fiction

...worked in various jobs and spent her spare time writing several long short stories, none of which were published. The turning point in her early life came when Lee developed what had begun as a string of short stories into a novel that was eventually published in 1960 as To Kill a Mockingbird. It was an immediate success, winning several awards including a Pulitzer Prize...
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Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
Education & Development

Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works

...work and send feedback, and they used apps to teach and introduced students to programs that let them work together on projects. In the aftermath of school closures, the market for EdTech has kept on growing. The value of the sector is projected to rise to US$132.4 billion globally by 2032 (£106 billion). The problem is that we don’t know very much about how effective...
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Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)
Education & Development

Bringing up problems at work (without making things worse)

...work can feel risky but it doesn’t have to be. This article explores how to raise issues constructively, using a simple framework that focuses on clarity, solutions and professionalism...Nobody likes to be the one to point out problems at work, but sometimes it does fall to us. How can we do it in a constructive way that gets the core message across and doesn’t affect...
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Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...work leave thanks to a larger subsidy being offered in Ontario and other jurisdictions. Direct subsidies also do not, on their own, either increase work or skills. The rise in work they bring in certainly do, but tax relief itself does not spur creativity or the desire to create new content. Why Indirect Government Subsidies Are Better Indirect subsidies are essentially...
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How would post-Brexit trade deals actually work?
Society, Politics & Law

How would post-Brexit trade deals actually work?

How realistic is the idea that Britain will make a Free Trade Agreement with the EU if we leave the EU?...[Members of the European Parliament voting on a resolution during Brussels plenary session - black and white image showing men with their thumbs in the air. ] Thumbs up at the European Parliament Let’s consider a scenario. On leaving the European Union, Britain...
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Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...work...In celebrating the merits of free software and the excitement over this radical networked production method, an important truth is left unspoken. Networked collaboration shines in the low levels of network protocols, server software and memory allocation, but user interface has consistently been a point of failure. How come the networked collaboration that...
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