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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...changed the societies in which they lived. Through interviews with men and women across the world about how these women are viewed today, the programme ties their achievements to present-day understandings of women’s place in society. The programme thus makes the polemical argument that the history of women is ultimately the history of women’s liberation....
Brains, bots and better learning? What OU students really think about generative AI
Education & Development

Brains, bots and better learning? What OU students really think about generative AI

...changing educational landscape. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in everyday life, students are not simply accepting or rejecting it. They are experimenting, questioning, adapting and defining their own ethical boundaries. The conversations captured in these 92 stories remind us that the future of education will not be shaped by technology alone. It will be shaped by...
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Education & Development

Succeed in the workplace

...change jobs, are you just starting in the job market or may be returning after a break? If so, then this free course, Succeed in the workplace, is for you. It will help you explore career opportunities. You will also gain the skills to write strong CVs and application forms, and to handle different types of interviews. By the end of the course you will have made a start...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does cancer treatment increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and why?

...changing cancer patients' treatment plans according to each individual´s specific needs.Targeted cancer therapies are drugs that interfere with "molecular targets" that are involved in the growth, progression, and spread of cancer. There are different types of targeted treatments, such as hormone therapy, cell signalling inhibitors, gene expression modulators, cell death...
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...changing over time. Also, the impact of any intervention such as a lockdown has to be considered. More complex models of transmission model the interactions as a network of people. However, this study does no such mathematical modelling. This study is based on fitting a simple linear link between average daily infection rate and the total reported number of cases per...
Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...changed. He said he could no longer discuss matters with me as he was now in government. I was shocked and saddened. I thought he would offer more support not less after becoming a government minister. It was a stern lesson on the forked tongue antics of many politicians. [A group of BA cabin crew on picket line during strike]Adapting BA’s slogan ‘To fly to serve’...
DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude
Society, Politics & Law

DIY: Measuring latitude and longitude

...changes position, and measurements can be taken with the quadrant at any time of the night, whatever the season. Use the sight line on the top of the aiming beam to align the beam with the North Star. Use the protractor to measure the angle between the beam and the horizon (which is 90º to the plumb line). This angle is your latitude. How to measure longitude It’s easy...
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part One

...changing behaviour. There is no evidence it works under any circumstances but much evidence that punishment (especially severe punishment) encourages violent or otherwise undesirable behaviour. Thus, the idea that the particular punishment that prisons deliver will transform people and encourage (or force) them to lead better lives upon release is fundamentally flawed. In...