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Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...course the criticism was, ‘Well, that’s just natural history, that’s not science.’ But what Tinbergen did, and this was his major contribution, was that he showed that you can enjoy quantified observation. Quantified observation was the essence of his work; that is to say you didn’t just sit with your binoculars and say, ‘Oh look, there’s a so-and-so.’ You...
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From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?
Society, Politics & Law

From the 'Red Clyde' to the 'Blue Clyde'?

...course – or at least at the surface level they seem to be very different. The period 2014-2019 sees many hundred years anniversaries coming about – many relating to the First World War or to particular events associated with it and its immediate aftermath. The period around WW1 and immediately after was one of far reaching and rapid social, economic and political...
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Article 15 mins
Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?
Money & Business

Battered, Hurt, ...Shutting? Why has BHS struggled on the high street?

...course have gone from the High Street, as has Woolworths which was the original inspiration for British Home Stores. Many independent local department stores have also closed (such as McEwans of Perth). BHS was, in many ways, occupying the same space in consumers’ minds as all these retailers – and even as rivals exited the market it could not trade sufficiently...
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Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...course, lots of work has already gone on to get the series to that point. But academic consultants get the opportunity to help steer some of the direction by uniting the academic side of things to what the BBC and the production company want or expect to cover in their programme. It allowed us at the OU to help ensure that the BBC series took into account some of the...
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Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...course it has been anything but, it has been an incredibly dynamic industry, lots of things happening and changing and what we shouldn’t forget also, an industry that has made a massive difference for our quality of life, but also the quality of life of many billions of others. I think the industry is probably the single largest source of poverty eradication that we...
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QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...courses and qualifications. On 10th December 2022, Morocco beat Portugal to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup. Before this, Senegal qualified for the 2nd round, with Ghana, Cameroon and Tunisia also disproving the myth that African coaches are tactically naïve. So, what is the history of head coaches (in men’s football) being native to the country they are...
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Fizzy drinks
Science, Maths & Technology

Fizzy drinks

...courses and qualifications The bubbles in fizzy drinks are caused by carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon dioxide is a colourless odourless gas that dissolves in water under pressure. The carbon dioxide forms a very weak carbonic acid, (H2C03) which causes the tingly sensation on your tongue. The amount of carbonic acid created depends on the pressure. [A carbonated drink [Image:...
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education
Miscellaneous

Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education

...courses and qualifications. The BAME community is drastically unrepresented in the STEM industry within Northern Ireland. Higher education institutions have a responsibility to encourage more BAME students into STEM subjects and shift this industry wide disparity. Representatives from The Open University, Queen’s University and Ulster University discussed the stories...
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