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The secret history of teenage bedrooms
Education & Development

The secret history of teenage bedrooms

...becoming a consumer entity in their own right as the teen bedroom culture reaches its zenith. Just describe this movement towards, as it were, and its relation in a way, to the growth in electronics because that was critical, we’ve already had a reference to the radio, but the way in which these elements came together. Jason Reid: Well there’s a few ways it actually...
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Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...becoming more competitive. On the other hand, there are two other drivers which are also pushing the clean energy technologies in addition to our climate problem. These are: one, is the local pollution in the cities in major emerging countries, which do require clean energy technologies to address those problems; and finally, the energy security is important issue, and...
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Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...become, as a young science journalist, although he was a geneticist and a very well-known geneticist, he was interested in education and so he was really keen to get that story out and his family was there during the sit-in and everything that happened. So when we did a documentary called Windy Bay looking particularly at Clayoquot Sound and the fact that you can’t...
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Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring the relationship between anxiety and depression

...become depressed teenagers? The role of social evaluative threat and reward processing’, Psychological Medicine, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 2095-107. Strudwick, P. (2010) ‘Treating anxiety with the Alpha-Stim: Patrick Strudwick tests a new device that relieves anxiety and manages pain via "electrotherapy"’, The Telegraph, August 2. Available at:
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
EPQs: why give a presentation?
Education & Development

EPQs: why give a presentation?

...students and your teachers. These are probably people you know well, and who know each other well. What five words could you use to describe them? Then think about how you will use your presentation to appeal to them and engage their interest. What are the guidelines for the presentation? It’s always a good idea to know the guidelines for your presentation. The basics...
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Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...students who study the module that this course comes from. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Science...Pain and aspirin: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, concepts and principles relating to the development of medicines demonstrate...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...become a more general model of planet formation for its ability to account for a large diversity of planetary outcomes, from Earth-sized planetary cores that form first, to ice and gas giants that evolve later. Lastly, Section 3 focuses on the final stages of planet formation, and explores the core-accretion scenario further, as well as an alternative disc-instability...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dawn Parsonage-Kent - Earth in Vision

...becomes part of a child’s world. It’s not just a passive thing, it’s something they feel part of, which is really powerful. Can you mix blue-chip natural history and environmental issues? So I’d say the world is changing. There may have originally been quite a divide between these two things, so traditional nature documentaries and then talking about the...
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