3,724 search results

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications. [Observatorio del Teide in Tenerife] Denny High School in Scotland has been helping to develop and test an ambitious and innovative new course - Astronomy with an online telescope. The eight-week badged course allows participants the unique opportunity to use one of The Open University’s two telescopes located at the...
Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community
Education & Development

Why I created a podcast to celebrate the OU’s BME community

...Open University, I was intrigued by the various staff networks available. There seemed to exist these autonomous, staff-led spaces where individuals with shared experiences could meet to support, motivate, listen to, and be heard by each other. The network for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff appealed to me, and after attending my first meeting I wanted to become...
Ten commandments of research
History & The Arts

Ten commandments of research

...open? What is available? Archivists are a really nice lot of people but they need warning and consulting. Check essential information. Do you need ID? How many bits of information can you look at at any one time? Can you make copies and how much will it cost? Do a taster first. It is often wise not to dive in straight away but just to look at one item or related items and...
Researching Nirvana: Whatever, Nevermind
History & The Arts

Researching Nirvana: Whatever, Nevermind

...resource for youth to distinguish themselves from other generations. Although grunge developed originally as an avant-garde or experimental genre, once it seeped into the local music scene of Seattle and evolved into its industry form, it was already well established in the collective identity of youth in the United States. Bethany Bryson. 1996. “‘Anything but Heavy...
Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea
Science, Maths & Technology

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea

...as Mount Fuji on the so-called ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. [Mount Fuji] Mount Fuji Take a closer look at the trenches and the majestic ‘Ring of Fire’! Transcript These days SONAR is complemented by other techniques, including satellite measurements, to determine the bathymetry of the ocean. Like oceans? Take it further Free resources: Our modules: Our qualifications:...
The house doesn't always win
Digital & Computing

The house doesn't always win

...resources/wp-global-threat-report-2017.pdf (Page 8) To see an example of internet of things being abused by large companies; Wolf Richter (awesome name) wrote about how his American healthcare provider is pressurising him to use an internet-connected toothbrush in order to receive cheaper dental care:
The City: The Roman and Greek Cities
History & The Arts

The City: The Roman and Greek Cities

...resources from the provinces and ultimately to establish Roman institutions in native society. If it was commerce that drove urbanisation in Greece, it was the political needs of an empire that drove the urbanisation of northern Europe. Eventually, provincial aristocrats like Ausonius, a resident of Bordeaux in the fourth century AD, came to see the political and cultural...
Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background
History & The Arts

Voice-leading analysis of music 3: the background

...opening F down to the final B♭. This feature controls the harmonic movement of the whole eight-bar phrase, making it a complete course, and a miniature example of interrupted form. In addition to the notes of this linear descent, I hope that you decided that the most important feature of the harmony in the whole section is that it ends where it began, resting on the...