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China and the internet
Digital & Computing

China and the internet

...think it looks a lot more fierce from here than it does from there is all I can tell you. I mean I spent some time in China, I don’t have a hard time getting anything I want over the internet, neither do they. I mean China, China has a very difficult problem, which is trying to deal with a transition from a practically feudal period into a post-industrial period...
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Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...thinking about the system. “We need to look through the eyes of the healthcare providers to see the challenges and to understand where tools and techniques we use in engineering may be of value. I have no doubt that if you were to put a hundred engineers into Addenbrooke’s [Hospital], you could help transform its care.” There is a difficulty, he concedes:...
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Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial
Society, Politics & Law

Jurors are subject to all kinds of biases when it comes to deciding on a trial

...system. But how much do jurors get it wrong?...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. From CSI to Law and Order, Line of Duty and Midsomer Murders, there is huge public fascination with crime and the criminal justice system. Especially when things come to a climactic ending and jurors decide on a defendent’s fate. But how much do jurors get it wrong? Will the...
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Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...system and the election system in the USA, what do you think to that, for instance, what do you think to the Koch brothers and what they’re doing? BVB: Well, I may not comment on the Koch brothers - RH: But why not? There are two brothers and they’re spending nearly a billion dollars on the American Election and they happen to be very, very wealthy in coal, should two...
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The future of emojis
Languages

The future of emojis

...systems, their designs have become more sophisticated. But in essence, they’re much the same as they were when they first went global. And their future seems likely to depend on these essential qualities and purposes continuing to be relevant as communications technology develops. KB: There are a number of different ways I approach this question. Firstly, I firmly...
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Introducing healthcare improvement
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing healthcare improvement

...system performance (care) professional development (learning). Thinking about what these three areas mean (in relation to the healthcare system with which you are most familiar), what do you consider to be important examples of each of these three areas? You may want to use an internet search to see what aspects of your healthcare system are being subject to quality...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Are you a design creative?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are you a design creative?

...systemic role of design in addressing societal challenges, urging you to think about your own identity as a designer and how you may navigate this diverse and exciting landscape of design practice. Transcript As you watch, think of the historical background of design Historically, design was associated with crafts, the making of things that have some utility. But in the...
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A brief history of sex education
Health, Sports & Psychology

A brief history of sex education

...systems of rabbits, or the pollination of flowering plants, suggest that much school sex education in the UK in the 1950s and ‘60s, was carried out through the descriptions, though not the observations, of the reproductive habits of plants and non-human animals. It seems likely that boys, especially if educated in the public school (i.e. fee-paying) boarding system, may...
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