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Working for health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Working for health

...Open University course K203 Working for health... Working for health A short introduction to this album. Radical midwives London midwives talk about their rebellion against new practices within the NHS, and why they set up the Association of Radical Midwives. Gene activists Activists challenge the safety claims and the science behind the commercial exploitation of GM...
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Audio 2 hrs 33 mins
Social care, social work and the law
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care, social work and the law

...Open University course K269 Social care, social work and the law (England and Wales)... Social care, social work and the law A short introduction to this album. Social workers and the law The legal implications surrounding social work are varied and intricate. Stewart Vernon defines and highlights the implications of training and the punitive aspects of the law. Children...
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Audio 2 hrs 40 mins
Using digital tools in teaching
Education & Development

Using digital tools in teaching

...Open University's Open degree How can social media be used in a positive way in an academic setting? How can digital tools be used to engage students? How can podcasts be shared for teaching purposes? Explore these questions and more in the three short animations and associated article below. [Digital champions logo. Blue circle with outline of a face in white, white...
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Video 5 mins
Making Faces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making Faces

Open University cognitive psychologist Graham Pike describes how his interest in facial compositing has led to a collaboration resulting in a computer based tool, called Efit V. This tool might transform the process of identifying police suspects. It is being developed to allow law enforcement agencies to produce images of criminal suspects at very short notice at...
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Video 2 mins
Politics as performance
Money & Business

Politics as performance

...while an audio commentary presented by The Open University’s Professor of Politics Mike Saward looks at the demands on the politician as a performer... An introduction: Politics as performance A short video introduction to this album Politics as a performance The Open University’s Professor of Politics Mike Saward looks at the demands on the politician as a performer...
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Video 13 mins
Predicting Volcanoes
Science, Maths & Technology

Predicting Volcanoes

...Open University's researcher in volcanoes, Hazel Rymer explains why the Poás volcano in Costa Rica is her favourite, and how evidence form previous experiments there has lead her to believe there may be an environmental crisis - similar to one in the 1990's - on it's way. There have been changes in gravity above Poás, and Hazel talks us through some experiments she will...
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Video 3 mins
Sacking Prime Ministers
Society, Politics & Law

Sacking Prime Ministers

...Open University’s Dr. Richard Heffernan, Reader in Government, leads discussions and compares the administrational differences between presidents and prime ministers. Can an American president be forced out of power in the same way as a British prime minister?... An introduction: Sacking prime ministers A short video introduction to this album Sacking prime ministers...
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Video 12 mins
Building on History: The Church in London
History & The Arts

Building on History: The Church in London

...Open University, King’s College London, the Diocese of London and Lambeth Palace Library. The project aims to give participants within the diocese an archived insight to historical research in order to understand how the church has responded to societal change in the last two centuries and to create space for fresh historical enquires in order to spread the message to...
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Video 9 mins