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PodMag December 2016
Society, Politics & Law

PodMag December 2016

...Open University...In this edition of the PodMag, the theme is human rights. You may be aware that December 10 is Human Rights Day, which calls upon everyone to stand up for someone’s rights – whether that’s defending the rights of a refugee, a woman, a child, an LGBT person, indigenous peoples, or anyone at risk of discrimination or violence. Karen talks to Meg-John...
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Audio 20 mins
Sex stats for the British population
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sex stats for the British population

...by Natsal-4, a survey collected from thousands of adults living all over Britain...Find out more about The Open University’s statistics qualifications. Please check back in the autumn of 2026, when the updated interactive with the findings from Natsal-4 will be published. If you want to learn more about the research behind this interactive, check out www.natsal.ac.uk...
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Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project
Science, Maths & Technology

Search Engines of the Future: The Pharos project

...The Open University is one of fifteen European partners in The Pharos project which aims to advance audio-visual search using an integrated search platform paradigm... Future technologies: The Pharos project This track demonstrates some of the ways in which the Pharos project is advancing audiovisual search engines, we take a closer look at photo recognition software....
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Legal conversations
Society, Politics & Law

Legal conversations

...these audio discussions, Phil Bates and Marc Cornock of The Open University’s Law School, discuss these, and similar issues surrounding ethics in law... Clinical decision making: A legal perspective Phil Bates and Marc Cornock look at what is meant by clinical decision making. Researching people who cannot consent Marc Cornock and Phil Bates discuss laws and consent....
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Earth Day on OpenLearn
Nature & Environment

Earth Day on OpenLearn

...courses on renewable energy: We've also included some tips on how you can make some changes to protect our Earth in the free resources below... Change your diet One of the best ways to help the environment is to reduce your intake of meat and dairy products. A person eating a 75g beef burger once a day, over the course of a year, will contribute 2,820kg of greenhouse gas...
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What is language?
Languages

What is language?

...courses available for you to study. If you want to know more about the function and significance of language, we can particularly recommend the following courses: Or, if you’re looking for a course to develop your skills in a language, these are some of our best options in a wide variety of languages, whether you’re a complete beginner or just a little out of...
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How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials
Society, Politics & Law

How juror bias can be tackled to ensure fairer trials

...Open University's Law courses. A microcosm of society, the jury room has always fascinated people: a variety of individuals from different backgrounds all working together to make a judgement on the fate of an individual. These judgements are some of the biggest decisions a person will face in their lifetime, and can have serious consequences for both individuals on trial...
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Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...course, some people’s thoughts are 'better' than others in that they are more interesting, or more original, or more defensible, closer to the truth or whatever. In as much as all of our six figures had interesting, original, defensible, true abstract thoughts at a general level, so all of our six figures were good philosophers. The question posed, though, was not...
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