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Freeing people caught between life and death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freeing people caught between life and death

...studied by the Cambridge group. The results, published in 1998, were unexpected and extraordinary. Not only did Kate react to faces: her brain responses were indistinguishable from those of healthy volunteers. Her scans revealed a splash of red, marking brain activity at the back of her brain, in a part called the fusiform gyrus, which helps recognise faces. Kate became...
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Article 15 mins
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...skills, knowledge and understanding as they participate in activities including preparing a ‘visual essay’, taking part in online negotiations and developing their own proposals for an innovative entrepreneurial venture...First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: examine personal pre-existing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...skills, concepts and jargon of coding. ...Have you ever wanted to try out simple coding? Want to understand the basics of what it entails? This course introduces you to the skills, concepts and jargon of coding. ...Simple coding: 1 Introduction - Software makes the world go round. Cars and TVs have software that controls how they work, and global commerce and finance are...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
How is new organisational knowledge created in a virtual context?
Money & Business

How is new organisational knowledge created in a virtual context?

...when simultaneously interacting in multiple contexts Alter the boundaries of communication to suit the demands of the task at hand Textualize the ongoing experience of interaction with others and artifacts Read the paper: Baralou, E. and Tsoukas, H. (2015) ‘How is new knowledge created in a virtual context? A dialogical approach’, Organization Studies, 36(5), 593-620....
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Asteroids
Science, Maths & Technology

Asteroids

...studying asteroids allow us to have a better understanding of the formation of our solar system? Samuel Jackson, PhD student in The School of Physical Sciences digs into the research... [City lights - Central America. Elements of this image furnished by NASA] ​ Can a space rock from Costa Rica reveal the origin of water on Earth? Ross Findlay, a Cosmochemistry PhD...
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Article 15 mins
Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community
Science, Maths & Technology

Fancy a mission? Join the Weather-It community

...study finishes. The aim of the PhD project is to help people engage in scientific investigation, by giving them opportunities to collaborate with experts and run their own research. "Weather-it" is looking at the involvement of people in a community of online weather investigations. "Weather-it" has been given a favourable opinion by The Open University Human Research...
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Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi
History & The Arts

Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi

...Studies, travels to Berlin to find out more about Jonas’ life and legacy within the Jewish community and speaks to British rabbis Sybil Sheridan and Elli Tikvah Sarah about why Jonas was almost forgotten and what she means to them and to other rabbis in Britain today. This material is taken from the Open University course: A332 Why is religion controversial?... Who was...
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Air Pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Air Pollution

...study compares ship emissions and air quality on shore. Pollution: Cars Lab tests are carried out to determine car emissions, but interpreting the data into real pollution statistics is harder than it seems. Clear Solutions How to clean the air. Demonstration of methods used to remove pollutants from the air, including factory emissions. Industrial Emissions How to curb...
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Audio 26 mins