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The science of the mind: investigating mental health
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of the mind: investigating mental health

...Dementia drug research Professor Martin Rossor talks about research into pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s dementia. Exploring the issues Open University academic Dr Claire Rostron explores some of the issues raised by the tracks in this album. Introducing SDK228 SDK228 course team chair gives an overview of the course and what it sets out to achieve....
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Start writing essays
History & The Arts

Start writing essays

...course A172 Start writing essays... Start writing essays An introduction to this album. Researching an essay Open University tutors Tim Baugh and Lesley Hoose discuss essay titles, research and schedules with OU student Beth Lewis. Early stages of essay writing John Humphrys stresses how important it is to know your subject and know your position in the argument. What is...
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Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?
Society, Politics & Law

Is cleaning a route to a better life for migrants?

...courses (A1 and A2 in the European Framework of Reference) at the university. I was teaching the second of these courses and noticed that Kifibin was the most active student in the group, and he attended every lesson, that is, three times a week. He dreamt of becoming a university teacher and researcher. After finishing his programme, he tried to go on to doctoral studies...
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57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One
Society, Politics & Law

57 genders (and none for me?) - Part One

...course I shouldn’t need a big social networking service to tell me that I’m legitimate, but it does make a palpable difference to how I feel right now writing this post. Increasing numbers of people find that the gender dichotomy doesn’t capture their experience. For example, the US Human Rights Campaign reports that nearly 10% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans*...
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Women in engineering - interview with Robyn Moates
Science, Maths & Technology

Women in engineering - interview with Robyn Moates

...course Engineering: professions, practice and skills. The best thing about being an engineer Transcript. I never feel alone as an engineer. No matter what’s happening, something, you need something done, it will get done. And it will get done by teamwork. The biggest myths in engineering Transcript. A lot of the rare metals that we use in electronics are starting to run...
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Darwin and Evolution
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Evolution

...course S366 Evolution... Darwin and Evolution A short introduction to this album. Shared ancestries Exhibits at the Natural History Museum in Tring reveal a striking shared ancestry between the hippo and the dolphin. Birds and breeding Darwin's study of the bizarre results of artificial breeding of pigeons shed light on evolutionary processes. Dogs and breeding Dogs used...
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Design for beginners
Science, Maths & Technology

Design for beginners

...course U101 Design thinking... Shapes of letters Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters. Tone in design Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones. The overlay technique Steve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair. How to make a scale model of a chair Steve Garner creates a scale chair...
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Theories and concepts in family meanings
Society, Politics & Law

Theories and concepts in family meanings

...course DD101 Introducing the social sciences, features similar material to this collection... Theories and concepts in family meanings A short introduction to the album. Family discourses Ros Edwards, professor of social policy at the London South Bank University talks about family discourses. Family practices and meanings The Open University's Megan Doolittle talks to...
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