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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...world’s most powerful computers can’t perform accurate real-time translation. Yet interpreters do it with ease. Geoff Watts meets the neuroscientists who are starting to explain this remarkable ability...One morning this summer I paid a visit to the sole United Nations agency in London. The headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) sit on the...
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Article 10 mins
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...World http://www.viewsoftheworld.net/?p=4848 The other two maps on the left and right of Figure 2 take rather different approaches to the geography of the UK, using methods that highlight things quite differently. In them a picture – or cartogram – is constructed based around the size of the electorate, rather than the territory on the ground. What is generated...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...world bank indicator values] This sort of chart is known as a bar chart. Each bar relates to a different thing, in this case fertility rate in different countries. It was created using a tool called DataWrapper that is used by an increasing number of news organisations across the world to illustrate their online news stories with interactive data charts. Three different...
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Video 45 mins
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...world solutions to key challenges like pollution, climate change, or sustainable growth require expertise from a range of subjects. Exploring everyday problems through the lens of different disciplines provides exciting opportunities to find ways in which subjects connect and influence each other. Flexible study has always been at the heart of the Open University. Our...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...world of Byzantine artistic production via its most illustrious representative – the icon...This free course provides a quick overview of the Byzantine icon; its function, the spaces it occupies and the subjects it depicts. The course spans two weeks. In Week 1, you will explore what an icon is, its function and importance within the Byzantine culture, and Christian...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...world right from the beginning of your studies. We’re not asking you to develop good academic practice for the sake of it. These guidelines will help you with your writing – a key graduate skill. This course will also help you avoid being accused of plagiarism, but that in itself is not the complete objective; we want you to develop good academic writing skills. We...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...world and aim at returning a voice to all citizens. Research on the impact of invasive species on water supply has helped generate interest in today’s integrated invasive plant control effort. More economic studies that illustrate the impacts of invaders and the financial benefits of control are essential to justify the increasingly large-scale funding that the Working...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...world, but what is particular about scientific knowledge as opposed to, for example, historical knowledge or folklore? The nature of scientific knowledge is closely tied to the nature of science itself. Whilst the scientific method seeks to eliminate biases and subjective ideas from its body of knowledge, to view scientific knowledge as ‘fact’ or ‘truth’ would be...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs