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From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models
Science, Maths & Technology

From intuition to inference: how experts inform Bayesian models

...studies, theoretical understanding, and practical experience. In many real-world problems, data alone is not sufficient. This is particularly evident in early clinical studies, where only a small number of patients may be observed, or in climate science, where predictions must be made using incomplete information about the future. The key question is therefore not whether...
Beginners’ French: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ French: food and drink

...skills by learning to communicate more easily and effectively in French. In this free course, Beginners' French: food and drink, you will also gain an insight into French societies and cultures through focusing on food and drink. You will listen to French speakers in a variety of situations, and you will be provided with some skills for coping with reading texts...Improve...
Approaching plays
History & The Arts

Approaching plays

...skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary plays. You will learn about dialogue, stage directions, blank verse, dramatic structure and conventions and aspects of performance...Do you want to get more out of drama? This free course, Approaching plays, is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary plays. You will...
Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...studies in animal behaviour Back in the 1950s I was working here in Oxford with Niko Tinbergen as a comparative ethologist. I was working on animal behaviour, in particular behaviour of a small fish called the ten-spined stickleback, and I did my doctorate on this fish. The essence of comparative ethology was that it was a comparatively new movement at the time and it was...
Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race 2018

...in this audio podcast. Transcript Antoine tells Pallavi how he came across The Open University and his study with the OU in this video. Transcript Follow Antoine on Soundcloud to hear his weekly calling into the GGR race offce: Explore our academic insights on the oceans, navigation and more Like oceans? Take it further Free resources: Our modules: Our qualifications:...
A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence
Health, Sports & Psychology

A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence

...study at Cambridge University. His father was murdered by a Russian monarchist in 1922. Back in Berlin after graduating, Nabokov worked as a translator, tutor, tennis coach, and compiler of crossword puzzles. In 1937 he moved to Paris, then in 1940 to the United States with his wife and child. He lectured, and also became an expert lepidopterist! However he is remembered...
What is socialisation? The one minute guide
Education & Development

What is socialisation? The one minute guide

...studied, is to do with ‘training’ children in the ways of the culture, not just in ways of relating to others - including learning the culture’s language - but also in the myriad technologies to do with the necessities of everyday life. Socialisation is also a long, drawn-out process and in some respects can continue throughout our whole lifetime: for example when...
Poetry prescription
History & The Arts

Poetry prescription

...Shoes' by Nedra under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence. 'Yoho Road' by James Wheeler under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 licence 'Bunratty Castle Jacobean Bed' by B y Fredi under CC-BY-2.0 licence. 'White Corset Closeup' by Photowitch | Dreamstime.com 'Snowscape Over Scottish Loch' by Bred2k8 | Dreamstime.com 'Haze Hills Landscape' by Andriy Markov | Dreamstime.com Study a free poetry course...