2,886 search results

Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price
Miscellaneous

Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price

...OU). His research interests focus on improving people’s engagement with data gathered from mobile, wearable and so-called ‘ubiquitous computing’ technologies that increasingly form part of our lives. These include developing technologies and policies to protect the privacy rights of individuals and groups; as well as finding ways to improve people’s lives through...
Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila

...becomes damaged? One OU PhD student explains how studying interstrand crosslinks in fruit flies has exploited similar human disorders...Genomic stability and DNA repair are key factors in human health. When repair mechanisms are defective, humans become predisposed to a range of cancers. One kind of DNA damage for which effective repair is vital to humans, crosslinking of...
Teaching the people of the Calais camp: Lessons in 'The Jungle'
Education & Development

Teaching the people of the Calais camp: Lessons in 'The Jungle'

...become a commodity Students engage with the course and their own stories for different purposes. Some have been writing their stories and ideas and are looking for help and feedback for their writing style and English. Others use the course to start writing in English for the first time. Some stories are visual – told through the media of photography and art. Many want...
Choosing a Cosmic Name
Science, Maths & Technology

Choosing a Cosmic Name

...student Sam Jackson using images from the OU’s robotic telescope, PIRATE, part of the OpenScience observatories] Animated image of Asteroid 69423 Openuni, made by OU research student Sam Jackson using images from the OU's robotic telescope, PIRATE, part of the OpenScience observatories. Asteroid 69423 Openuni celebrates the 50th anniversary of the ......
What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?

...OU postgraduate programme in Systems thinking in practice. Many of the videos and audios show key techniques being demonstrated, such as systems diagramming. Some are older case studies of complex, and some offer interviews with key systems thinkers. Overall, these resources fall into five main groups: 1. Resources that deal with key ideas and concepts used in systems...
Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...OU staff on why they volunteer, what it means and how others can get involved...[Coloured pencils arranged into a circle] It may surprise you to learn that you can be involved in education even if you’re not a teacher. There are a range of ways that you can do that without being employed in a school, college or university, including as a school governor or getting...
About the Design Hub
Science, Maths & Technology

About the Design Hub

...OU we see design as a catalyst for change. Our work and teaching recognise social, ecological, and technological challenges, and build the capability, knowledge and skills needed to deliver creative and critical responses to these challenges using design thinking, practices, and processes. The design hub provides an overview of the wide-ranging themes and issues that...
Week 1 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 1 Civilisations: The debate

...OU's academic consultants on the series and for close to two years now we have been watching this hugely amibtious series develop. Tonight's episode was the first of nine that are going to take you chronologically all the way from cave paintings up to the present day, in a sweeping series looking at gorgeous works of art, filmed in a mind-boggling range of locations, in...