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OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences
Digital & Computing

OpenMinds-Talk: Virtual Worlds for real experiences

...Open University, in the Berrill Theatre and online as we host an enlightening talk exploring virtual worlds...Shailey Minocha is a Professor in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University. Her research has two strands: learning technologies and social computing. Professor Minocha will show how virtual worlds bridge time and...
Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Tennis Grand Slams – what are they and why are there only four of them?

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. The first Wimbledon Championships were held in 1877 with play in one category only – the Gentlemen’s singles. Players had to pay a guinea to enter, and it was won by Spencer Gore, an Old Harrovian.Since its inaugural championships Wimbledon has become a Major or Grand Slam event alongside three other...
The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill
History & The Arts

The legacy of the Victorian prison treadmill

...Open University. Discover more about her work. References, credits and acknowledgments This video was written and presented by Professor Rosalind Crone and produced by The Open University in Wales. With thanks to Beaumaris Town Council for permission to film at Beaumaris Goal. Images Several illustrations taken from The criminal prisons of London, and scenes of prison...
The Future For Finance
Society, Politics & Law

The Future For Finance

...Open University Business School’s Centre for Accounting... Reform in the Financial Services Industry This podcast was recorded just after the Queen’s Speech on May 25th 2010, which set out the Government’s policy agenda for the forthcoming parliamentary session following the General Election on May 6th 2010. The Financial Services Industry: Reform and Reinforcement...
Black British Jazz
History & The Arts

Black British Jazz

...Open University research team led by Dr Jason Toynbee who has been examining the history of Black British Jazz and the stories of the artists who have performed it. This video looks at the history of jazz and how the story dates back as far as 1919, documenting how successive waves of black musicians have contributed to developing new and uniquely British sounds, as well...
Exploring Greek vases
History & The Arts

Exploring Greek vases

...into Greek civilisation by observing the designs on the ceramics that have been acquired by these museums. The Open University’s Jessica Hughes analyses their religious mythology and Lucilla Burns discusses presentation at the Fitzwilliam museum in Cambridge... Encountering a Greek Vase Jessica Hughes from The Open University examines the history of a Greek vase....
Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...education, scientific research, and governance, while others are left to die a slow death. Because it's not obviously profitable to create media in “minority” languages, the growth and enrichment of those languages suffer, and many remain entirely undocumented. Just a few hundred years ago, the Latin alphabet was largely unknown on the continents of Africa, the...
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...educate clinicians, research scientists, and the public, on these diseases. What causes rare diseases? Most rare diseases (thought to be around 80%) have an inheritable genetic origin. These include HD and CF, mentioned above, and also a group of rare diseases collectively called Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs). The NCLs include CLN3 disease (the juvenile onset form...