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Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...research centre on a project concerned with monitoring the uptake of recommendations about fertilizer use by small farmers in remote regions of southern India. He was in a complete fix about how to do this and had problems scoping the problem. We started off with SS-method and got a picture of why current monitoring did not work. This boiled down to farmers being busy...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?
Science, Maths & Technology

What happens to the poorest in a cashless society?

...research on the persistence of Delhi’s informal recycling economy shows just how important cash is to low-income laborers. How Delhi’s informal recycling economy works For the past few years, my work has focused on informal garbage collectors in a northwest Delhi neighborhood who collect garbage for middle-class residents across the city. Beyond collecting trash,...
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Article 5 mins
From headlines to hashtags: is the FA doing enough to promote gender equality through social media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

From headlines to hashtags: is the FA doing enough to promote gender equality through social media?

...Research indicates that social media, with its extensive reach and low costs, presents an opportunity for women’s sports to overcome financial barriers and connect with fans, contributing to a more level playing field with men’s sports. However, there has been limited investigation into how governing bodies utilise platforms such as Twitter to promote their teams, and...
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Article 10 mins
What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...one vote’. In this way, a blockchain can act as a provenance protocol for sharing data across disparate semi-trusting organisations. An overview of OU research on blockchain can be found at this link. Click here to download the video transcript (PDF) This article is adapted from an OpenLearn Create course under a Creative Commons license. Visit the original course....
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Article 5 mins
Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Nature & Environment

Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...

...research at The Open University...If you ask someone what the weather will be like tomorrow, they will first look out of the window. That is because tomorrow’s weather is highly dependent on today’s weather, despite all the complexities of the moving air masses in the atmosphere. The air moves faster than ice sheets, therefore, it is easy to imagine that the current...
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Riddle of the Tay Bridge disaster
Science, Maths & Technology

Riddle of the Tay Bridge disaster

...researching the Tay Bridge disaster, and here he shares his theory that the train de-railed through a combination of heavy wind and a weak girder. Tom Martin's Tay Bridge analysis Mathematician Tom Martin uses the modern method of 'structural computer analysis' to understand the failure of the bridge, and looks at how this failure started at the base columns due to heavy...
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Audio 30 mins
Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Opening the Boundaries of Citizenship

...successfully administer support to the community where the state is inadequate. Sexual Citizens and Orientalism Dr Leticia Sabsay’s research focuses on ‘sexual citizenship’ and how the consequences of its emergence and expansion have forced Western societies to confront their own assumptions about freedom and equality within political, social and contemporary life....
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Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...centre of Numidian power. This is the royal mausoleum of Ateban son of Ypmatat son of Palu, constructed around the beginning of the 2nd century BC by his son Zumar, with Abaris son of Abdastart and Mangi son of Warsacan and the inscription naming them which was torn from the building in 1842 and now lies in the British Museum was written in two languages, Libycan and...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs