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Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...OU academics, Dr Sara MacKian and Dr Sharon Mallon, as well as OU employees discussing issues in relation to women’s health. Activity 1 Issues in women’s health Watch the video and as you’re watching consider your response to the question ‘If you could click your fingers and solve a problem to improve women’s health’ what problem would you solve? [MUSIC...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...become fair within the range of scientific literature. RH: And what’s your assessment so far? BH: Well what we see is that most of the major emitters, developed and developing, are very far away from doing their fair share, whether you’re the United States or China, whether you’re the European Union or India, more can be done by all of those big emitters to close...
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Doug Allan - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Doug Allan - Earth in Vision

...become one of the world’s best known and respected cameramen. He specialises in natural history, expeditions and science documentaries in some of the wildest and most remote places on our planet, particularly the polar zones working for the BBC, Discovery, National Geographic and many others, filming for series like The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Human Planet, Frozen...
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Video 35 mins
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...become painfully aware that something appalling has happened,” he recalls. “You go through the description, they offer commiserations and a booklet, and then they leave. And that’s it. Suddenly you are staring into the most appalling abyss you can ever imagine.” The next time Mallen heard his son play the piano, the music filled Holy Trinity Parish Church, a mile...
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Article 15 mins
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...students were working, as you see. And my brother-- this is a piece of leverage now. Before that, this-- that wasn’t like that. And my brother and Nishu-- and then he was working on the road the previous day on the 5th. But on the 6th, he was not. Then he could survive. On the 6th, over 323, I heard, students from his school, first-year students, were working. Nobody...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Evolution through natural selection
Nature & Environment

Evolution through natural selection

...become an Anglican clergyman. Soon after the voyage of the Beagle (1831-1836), during which he was gentleman companion to Captain FitzRoy, Darwin became convinced that biological evolution had occurred and saw how it could have been brought about by natural selection. Despite having gathered massive amounts of supporting evidence, Darwin refrained from publishing his...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway station - Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai

...become the most important transport hub in the world's busiest commuter rail network. As well as being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, every day over 1,250 local and long-distance trains pull in and out of its 18 platforms. Together, they carry around three million passengers – that’s more people than travel on the entire British railway network per day. The station...
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Article 5 mins
What can we learn from Pokemon Go?
Education & Development

What can we learn from Pokemon Go?

...become an expert in every area. Many players therefore take every opportunity to learn from others and to pass on their knowledge. As they do so, they create new knowledge and new resources that enrich their surroundings. This is an approach to learning that engages people even when the novelty of a new game or technology has worn off. At a time when interest in learning...
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Article 5 mins