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Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project
Science, Maths & Technology

Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project

...The Open University is one of fifteen European partners in The Pharos project which aims to advance audio-visual search using an integrated search platform paradigm... Future technologies: The Pharos project This track demonstrates some of the ways in which the Pharos project is advancing audiovisual search engines, we take a closer look at photo recognition software....
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Video 7 mins
Legal conversations
Society, Politics & Law

Legal conversations

...these audio discussions, Phil Bates and Marc Cornock of The Open University’s Law School, discuss these, and similar issues surrounding ethics in law... Clinical decision making: A legal perspective Phil Bates and Marc Cornock look at what is meant by clinical decision making. Researching people who cannot consent Marc Cornock and Phil Bates discuss laws and consent....
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Audio 26 mins
What do you really know about autism?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do you really know about autism?

...the image to begin... Our badged course To learn more about autism, its history of diagnosis, and contemporary cross-cultural issues, consider taking our badged open course, Understanding autism. The course comprises approximately 24 hours of study. A brief overview If you're looking for something shorter right now, you may be interested in these introductory articles:...
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Activity 5 mins
'Good' food destroying biodiversity?
Nature & Environment

'Good' food destroying biodiversity?

...resource materials as well as through ecosystem services, which are often mediated by different forms of life. Ecosystem services could include support and regulation of environmental processes eg, nutrient cycling, crop pollination. Sadly, these benefits are often difficult to monetise and often are ignored by far removed consumers and even producers. Watch this talk by...
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Understanding Cities
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Cities

...resources. The material forms part of the course DD304, Understanding Cities... Understanding Cities A short introduction to this album. Nature Spaces An allotment in Handsworth, Birmingham as an example of a nature space. Allotment holders talk about the ecological, sociological and community benefits of allotments. Shared Spaces Some problems that can arise from...
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Audio 1 hr 50 mins
Building the London Underground
History & The Arts

Building the London Underground

...opened in 1863.] Construction of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. Illustration shows the trench and partially completed cut and cover tunnel close to Kings Cross station, London. The railway eventually opened in 1863. Intended Subterranean Metropolitan Railway Among the Bills which have received the sanction of Parliament, there is one...
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Article 5 mins
The banking crisis: cause and effect
Money & Business

The banking crisis: cause and effect

...Open University course DB234 Personal investment in an uncertain world... The banking crisis: cause and effect A short introduction to this album. The collapse Banks were once the corner stone of modern British society, but by September 2005 banks stopped lending to each other overnight. What happened? What caused this credit crisis? Casino Banking As banks were pressured...
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Audio 42 mins
Creativity at Work
Money & Business

Creativity at Work

...Open Plan The pros and cons opinions on open plan offices. Creating under constraint This film looks at creativity under constraint in both the public and private sectors. Mindset Exploring mindset and perception. Intuition This film looks at the importance of intuition and decision making. Bias We all have slightly different biases depending on our experiences in life....
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Video 1 hr 16 mins