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Diabetes care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Diabetes care

...Open University course SK120 Diabetes care... Diabetes care A brief introduction to this album. Living with diabetes Professor David Matthews on the history of research into the treatment of diabetes and how patients can manage the condition by modifying their behaviour. Annual review What happens during an annual diabetes check-up. Eye examination A patient with Type 2...
Audio 31 mins
Portales: beginners' Spanish
Languages

Portales: beginners' Spanish

...Open University Course L194 Portales: beginners' Spanish... Beginners' Spanish introduction A series of short radio documentaries. Surnames in Spanish An explanation of surnames in the Spanish-speaking world. The City of Arts and Sciences All about La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (Arts and Science Museum) in Valencia: one of the most visited attractions on the...
Croeso: beginners' Welsh
Languages

Croeso: beginners' Welsh

...Open University course L196 Croeso: beginners' Welsh... Introduction An introduction to this album of Beginners’ Welsh lessons. Welsh in a year Jen Llewelyn, author of ‘Welsh in a Year’, talks about her experiences. Introducing yourself and your family People introduce themselves and their family. Welsh speakers from Patagonia Two ladies from Patagonia speak in...
Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma
Languages

Games, Geeks and the Parent's Dilemma

...Open University’s Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning. In the first five tracks we hear first-hand accounts from a number of perspectives, and in the final track, Angela Saini chairs a discussion about the points raised... Introduction to games, geeks and the parent's dilemma Angela Saini, Dr Victoria Cooper and Dr Kieron Sheehy discuss the social and...
Darwin Now
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin Now

...Open University in collaboration with the British Council. They form part of Darwin Now, a global initiative celebrating the life and work of Charles Darwin and the impact his ideas about evolution continue to have on today’s world. © The British Council 2009... Darwin Now A short introduction to this album. Darwin's key theory Steve Jones and Fern Elsdon-Baker outline...
Audio 25 mins
The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology

...Open University course S250 Science in context... The Next Big Thing: Nanotechnology A short introduction to this album. The Next Big Thing Atomic scale engineering – facts and the fiction. A panel discussion chaired by Colin Blakemore. The Future is Bright The panel discuss the huge range of potential applications, from nano-computers to nano-devices to clean the...
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...Open University course DD209 Running the economy...Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what economists mean by ‘models’ and how they can be used to inform economic policy define the concept of equilibrium and explain how it can occur at low levels of output begin to...
Percy Shelley: Polemicist
History & The Arts

Percy Shelley: Polemicist

...source of weakness in the work. As John Mullen pointed out in The Guardian, Shelley’s targets are hidden behind abstractions. The poem doesn’t deliver the punch of some of his later works such as the sonnet “England in 1819”, and the poem “Masque of Anarchy,” where the focus is on a single event—the outrage of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre. Interestingly, both...