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More or Less: interview with Tim Harford
Science, Maths & Technology

More or Less: interview with Tim Harford

...researcher figured out whose medical records were actually the governor’s, and mailed a copy of the governor’s own confidential medical record to himself. It didn’t have the governor’s name on but they’d managed to identify well this guy is the same age as the governor, has the same number of kids as the governor, lives on the same street as the governor, it’s...
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Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...research his best-selling book The English. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is Ade Thomas and I am the founder of Green.TV which is an online platform for publishing sustainability, clean tech and conservation video content. This is what I do So, Green.TV’s mission is to communicate conservation, clean tech and sustainability issues. We do that via what we...
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Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...research, Gareth explains how different aspects of Welsh culture and recent history can be viewed and understood through the lens of the national sport. Audio interview More about: Changing Welsh culture In recent years the distinctiveness of Wales, in terms of its institutions and culture, has grown considerably. In 1982 Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C), the Welsh fourth...
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Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...research, raising the questions of alternatives. It was very early on in the process, I think it’s come a long way since then, but I had a significant amount of feedback from the medical community about that show, so I think it did open a dialogue and that programme was certainly used a lot in schools and universities, as do most of our shows. And in the wildlife area I...
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Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...research and my teaching, in community activism, community politics, and these murals are a wonderful window into communities, what communities think, what communities fear, what the odds are for communities to find a new vision to replace an old vision, and so that they are wonderful tool for that. Audio [Protestant Prince William of Orange – King Billy – crossing...
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History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee

...researched exhaustively, and entered into UK RED. If that is the case, we would like to hear from you. You can find information on contributing to the project, and our simple online contribution form, here...History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee: Further reading - Colby, Vineta. Vernon Lee: A Literary...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...researched the role of social workers working with children. I spoke to social workers to find out how abused children behaved and what signs to look out for. I found it so interesting. The job itself sounded better than writing about it. I hadn't realized that it was in my background. My dad was disabled, and my brother suffered from Down's Syndrome. I was familiar with...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...research. And these are all great reasons to make toolkits, but it’s not really the reason that I got involved in this project. And, in fact, I didn’t really ever mean to do this. I guess at some point I did maybe. But anyway. So what happened was, I was a couple of years out of grad school and I was working at Tulsa Limited, as Irene mentioned. And I was making some...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs