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Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...out about the OU's Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership. Live near the coast? Get involved with cleaning up coastal environments - discover more with our free content. Use your digital knowledge to help someone less web-savvy get online with our learning resources. Take small steps to do your bit for the environment and find out more about environmental issues. Find out...
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Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dreaming of an answer to narcolepsy: Why don't we understand sleep?

...out of sight. I would look for signs of life and, as the panic grew, signs of death. I can tell this story now only because nobody got eaten. I have not always been like this. For the first 20 years of my life, I had a healthy relationship with sleep. Shortly after my 21st birthday, though, I began to experience symptoms of narcolepsy, a rare but not-so-rare disorder...
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Article 15 mins
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...out and leave more of the normal brain intact,” he sighed in frustration. The nagging feeling that he could’ve taken more tumour out wouldn’t leave him alone. Ellenbogen had faced a dilemma: if he had removed more, he would probably have removed more tumour but might also have removed normal brain tissue, with the risk that the girl would have been left severely...
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Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills
Digital & Computing

Boost your Business, Computing and IT Skills

...rapidly growing sector of employment. Gain more digital skills with our free courses. Find out more about Computing and IT qualifications at The Open University and a range of short courses on FutureLearn. Learn More about Business and Management Adaptive skills are crucial to any organisation and education in business will help you navigate the competitive global economy. These free online courses will help your business and......
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Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...out drama on Radio 4, because of its scale, is you think OK yes we can do the entire works of Zola and we’ll do it, we’ll strip it across a week. So we had 27 episodes of Emil Zola: Blood, Sex and Money. And I can’t think of many other places in the known universe where you could do something of that scale. Including readings, the number of hours we do – drama...
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What is Britain's most sacred site?
History & The Arts

What is Britain's most sacred site?

...out are the standing stones of our prehistoric megalithics, and our beautiful cathedrals. Most famous of these are Stonehenge and Glastonbury Abbey but what raised them above the rest? And why, in a secular Britain, are they still special to us? Transcript Find out more Explore the sacred with The Open University - and find out why Milton Keynes has something in common...
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Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...out how we have changed the planet...Global warming: are we responsible? Is our environmental impact damaging the planet? This free course, Working with our environment: an introduction, examines the use of ozone-depleting technology, the impact of fossil fuel use and explores how the development of technology can influence the direction of a society. From the Industrial...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"

What's the point of learning maths, if an AI app can work it all out for you? Watch this video to find out why your own maths study still makes sense...Click here to download the transcript
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