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Open Mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Open Mathematics

...course MU120 Open Mathematics... Open Mathematics A short introduction to this album. Running Trains Safely Steam trains in the valley of the River Severn - ensuring the train service meets customer demand and ensures safety. Journeys as Graphs The timetable in action and the practical challenges a timetabler faces. Representing a journey as a position-time graph....
Supply chains: healthcare
Science, Maths & Technology

Supply chains: healthcare

...course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy and management... An unusual market sector An introduction to B.Braun, the company which provides surgical implants and medical implements for the UK's National Health Service. The steriliser's tale How contaminated instruments are tracked and processed to re-enter the internal supply chain at Leeds General Infirmary. The...
Design for beginners
Science, Maths & Technology

Design for beginners

...course U101 Design thinking... Shapes of letters Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters. Tone in design Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones. The overlay technique Steve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair. How to make a scale model of a chair Steve Garner creates a scale chair...
The fascination with crime
Science, Maths & Technology

The fascination with crime

...course T214 Understanding systems: making sense of complexity... The fascination with crime An introduction to this album. The notion of crime Open University criminology lecturer Louise Westmarland shares her interest and knowledge of criminology, justice and crime. Crime fiction versus crime reality Why are we so obsessed with crime fiction? Two novelists of the genre...
Writing Poetry
History & The Arts

Writing Poetry

...course A175, Writing poetry... The Purpose of Poetry Poets Jackie Kay and W.N. Herbert talk about the importance and function of poetry, and read some of their own work to demonstrate their thoughts. Getting Started Joined by Paul Muldoon, the poets take a look at methods of being inspired, the purpose of meaning in poetry and the importance of reading contemporary...
Theories and concepts in family meanings
Society, Politics & Law

Theories and concepts in family meanings

...course DD101 Introducing the social sciences, features similar material to this collection... Theories and concepts in family meanings A short introduction to the album. Family discourses Ros Edwards, professor of social policy at the London South Bank University talks about family discourses. Family practices and meanings The Open University's Megan Doolittle talks to...
Buildings of ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Buildings of ancient Rome

...course A219 Exploring the Classical World... Buildings of ancient Rome An introduction to this album’s contents. Temples of republican Rome An introduction to the remains of some of the most significant Roman temples in the Campus Martius. The Porticus of Octavia The grand gateway to the temple precinct. The Circus Flaminius The parade ground where triumphal processions...
Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton
History & The Arts

Learning from human remains: Seianti's skeleton

...course A219 Exploring the classical world... Learning from human remains: Seianti’s skeleton An audio introduction to this album. The sarcophagus An introduction to the most complete Etruscan skeleton in existence. Who was Seianti? Seianti’s clothing and jewellery give us many clues about her identity. Seianti’s skeleton A pathology expert builds up a fascinating...