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Take away Science
History & The Arts

Take away Science

...courses. We chat to Ian Baines, a OU student currently studying chemistry and catch up with Professor Peter Taylor to talk about his work in broadcas ting and science. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Rough Science. Life sciences: Evolution in snails, the perils of looking...
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‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...course involving supervised practice, before the NMC would register them to practice in the UK. As the NHS in Scotland did not provide or fund such a programme, they could not, practically or ethically, recruit directly from abroad. This created a role for recruitment agencies in the international health market. The Impact of Nursing Agencies The reluctance of the UK to...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...course the best virgin olive oil. It is now found in bakers and cafés throughout Italy, sometimes with additional toppings, and often used in place of bread to make a tasty sandwich. Image: Yumarama under Creative Commons license La piadina Piadina is a very thin flatbread popular in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy (Rimini, Riccione). It provided the poor with a cheap...
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Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey
Society, Politics & Law

Bus driver, social worker and university lecturer, a personal, professional and political journey

...courses Background I am a white woman from a working-class background and have lived predominantly in Glasgow and the west of Scotland all my life. I have a strong sense of my own identity as a woman and the implications of this culturally in relation to political and social developments during the course of my life. At certain stages in my life, I can admit to...
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Acurad process
Science, Maths & Technology

Acurad process

...can be reduced compared with die casting, with a consequent decrease in the volume of metal required per casting. Acurad castings can be used for pressure-tight, weldable and heat treatment applications. Castings have smooth surfaces. Intricate design details can be cast. See Also: Hyperforge process, Squeeze forming, Pore-free die casting and High pressure die casting....
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The how and why of podcasting: connection, creation and conversation!
Education & Development

The how and why of podcasting: connection, creation and conversation!

...tough issues too. Your podcast conversations may ignite new learning and research in the area! There are free online platforms where you can create, record, edit and share your content with current popular listening apps. Podcasts are adaptable and lend themselves to blogs and other media too. Do you have an idea for a podcast? Give it a try it with the three Cs in mind!...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Financial Engineering

...free market would dramatically challenged. Is it safe or positive to have so much of the economy revolve around the financial sector? These events call for a potential transformation of how economics and business studies are taught. Atul Shah discusses these issues in his article “It’s time to put the social impact of finance on the curriculum”. Fundamentally, there...
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Representations of hell in Christian art
History & The Arts

Representations of hell in Christian art

...will appear in a two-volume publication by Cambridge University Press: Hell in the Byzantine World: A History of Art and Religion in Venetian Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean (general editor: Angeliki Lymberopoulou, expected date of publication 2020). This volume will be accompanied by a password protected, open access (i.e. free of charge) database. Watch this space!...
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