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PodMag September 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag September 2016

...Open University...This edition of the PodMag focuses on starting to study, either for the first time or beginning a new module. We hear from Georgina Blakeley about her top tips for studying, Alison Green talks about the merger between Arts and Social Sciences, and Nicky Harlow talks about how essays are marked, and what advice she has for students as a writer. Select...
Quiz: Can you identify food under an electron microscope?
Science, Maths & Technology

Quiz: Can you identify food under an electron microscope?

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses and qualifications. Start the quiz now. [Screenshot of the launch image from the interactive.] Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. If you are having problems viewing the quiz, changing...
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Science, Maths & Technology

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...find out more about the Milky Way, the 30 or so galaxies that make up our local group and much more...Find out more You might be closer to a science degree than you think: find out if you're ready to study science with The Open University Discover more about Stargazing LIVE which returns to our screens to take us on a brand new journey of discovery through the night...
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What makes people happy at work?
Money & Business

What makes people happy at work?

...educated, possibly part-time or self-employed, probably working in a small work place with just ten or twenty employees." Worker happiness is not an add-on For worker happiness to come about, it needs to be integrated into an organisation's working practices and into what economists call the work contract between capital and labour. Angela Ishmael, of The Work Foundation:...
How gender equality can help fix the construction industry
Society, Politics & Law

How gender equality can help fix the construction industry

...Education figures suggests an alternative reason. Just five years after graduation, long before starting a family, women engineers and architects are already being paid less than their male counterparts. The lack of career progression that this suggests increases with age, with the number of women in senior positions dwindling to a minuscule proportion. With such...
Why were David Bowie's eyes two different colours?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why were David Bowie's eyes two different colours?

...open pupil, and captures a red coloration by picking up tonality from the blood in the choroid lining of the eyeball. This can clearly be seen in the Aladdin Sane – Eyes Open photograph by Brian Duffy (shot in 1973 but unpublished until 2011) that was used as the lead image on the posters for the V&A David Bowie is (2013) exhibition. So what happened? Anecdotally, the...
Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views
Get Started

Why we allow comments - and what we expect from you if you share your views

...is committed to being a space where everyone can share and learn. Here's why, and what that means...At OpenLearn, we are keen to hear from you, the people who use our material. To us, this is part of what being an Open platform means. You are encouraged to contribute via comments, user-generated content and various polls and surveys. Comments policy All content* on...
The how and why of podcasting: connection, creation and conversation!
Education & Development

The how and why of podcasting: connection, creation and conversation!

...Open University's Open Degree. Transcript Podcasting is an effective way of building trust and sharing insights between people with different backgrounds and experiences. They can introduce audiences to topics and debates that share new perspectives. Take a look at the array of podcasts in The Conversation for research backed examples, with audience reach, that relate to...