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Exploring the icy moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the icy moons

...system. He discussed his career path and work with Ann Grand, Lecturer in Astrobiology Education...‘Astrobiology’ isn’t a subject you can study at school. Can you tell me a little bit about your journey to astrobiology and how you arrived where you are now? By accident! Since childhood, I’ve been interested in in the big questions about where we come from, the...
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Article 10 mins
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...Thinking about system innovation - The OECD (2015) defines system innovation ‘as a conceptual framework for understanding and managing transitions in response to radical technological and social change’ in both industry sectors and places in city, regional or national contexts. This reflects the influential research by Frank Geels, who understands system innovations...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...think about the following questions: Do CCTV cameras have a presence in your neighbourhood? Are you aware of these cameras and other forms of surveillance in your everyday life? Do you think the new technologies control crime, or control us? Why do you think that UK has the heaviest concentration of surveillance cameras ion the world? These are some of the questions that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...system, and partly from learning. Researchers sometimes distinguish between temperament, which refers exclusively to characteristics that are inborn or directly caused by biological factors, and personality, which also includes social and cultural learning. Nervousness might be a factor of temperament, but religious piety is an aspect of personality (overlaid, perhaps, on...
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Article 10 mins
Water Treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Water Treatment

...think about where your water comes from? In the UK each of us uses an average of about 150 litres of water per day! The seven video tracks in this album consider issues of demand and quality in water supply as well as treatment processes. They give information on methods of minimising waste, emergency water treatment and effluent control. This material forms part of T308...
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Audio 44 mins
Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday
Society, Politics & Law

Pick a side and make a difference: Why you should vote this Thursday

...think about a more compassionate politics, and that we should prioritise the eradication of poverty, I’ll leave it to you to decide which party is most likely to achieve those things. We know that, generally speaking, politics and politicians are not held in high esteem. Despite this, you might think that, of course, most people vote. Very few people admit to not...
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Article 5 mins
About Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

About Stories of Change

...thinking of leading players in climate change and energy debates at a critical moment in the global conversation. ...[Stories of Change Logo] The Stories of Change project aims to help to revive stalled public and political conversations about energy by looking in a fresh way at its past, present and future. These interviews have been recorded by the BBC’s Environment...
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Article 5 mins
A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis
Languages

A brief history of communication: hieroglyphics to emojis

...think of language as existing without writing, but in the long history of humankind’s ability to use language it is only relatively recently that writing emerged. The course also looks as the vital relationship between technology and writing, and how the development of new technologies alter the way we communicate. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs