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Take away Science
History & The Arts

Take away Science

...working for the OU. 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. It's Elementary: A Chemist's View This podcast explores life at The Open University's Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences. We meet Dr Sotiris Missalidis, whose research into chemistry has...
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Audio 3 hrs 50 mins
Ice Cold In Alex
Science, Maths & Technology

Ice Cold In Alex

...work with a 4 tonne truck? We set out to find out... Hand cranking is the old fashioned method for starting a car... The crank shaft of a car is rotated by the engine at a speed depending on how much throttle is applied, measured in rotations per minute (rpm). A typical value is 3000rpm. Gears in a car change the rpm of the crankshaft to turn the wheels at different rates...
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Video 15 mins
North Sea, air safety and Brexit
Nature & Environment

North Sea, air safety and Brexit

...worked on a North Sea oil platform during his early 20s, and has reported on the major successes and disasters of an industry which remains economically important to Scotland and the UK. But is the North Sea facing a new fight over who controls safety? Has it become a political battleground revealing just how difficult Brexit is going to be? Over the last 40 years almost...
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Article 5 mins
Studying natural sciences bilingually
Science, Maths & Technology

Studying natural sciences bilingually

...working on the management of the environment and natural resources – and so developing the ability to communicate with people who are involved in managing the natural environment is a really important thing to ensure that environmental policies are developed and supported by the general public, land managers and politicians. Studying the natural sciences in Welsh means...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Stress and Burnout in Aviation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and Burnout in Aviation

...work and insufficient sleep (Venus, 2020) it is important to work on breaking down barriers, improving understandings of pilot stressors and fears, and de-stigmatising mental health in aviation. This will help to improve our understanding of the risks of career burnout for pilots. Therefore, as an industry understanding how to prevent and recover from burnout is key when...
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Article 5 mins
What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

What Commercial Pilots can learn from Sports Psychology

...working long hours while travelling in a confined space at high altitude requiring them to monitor their nutrition, hydration, stress, and fitness levels; their main concern being maintaining a Class 1 medical enabling them to keep working safely and doing what they love. Psychological Skills Training (PST) · Arousal regulation The aviation industry still draws on the...
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Article 5 mins
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...work through this course, you’ll come to understand these phases much better. Five broad phases of devolution: administrative devolution (1964-1999) executive devolution with secondary law-making powers (1999-2007) executive devolution with enhanced secondary powers (2007-2011) legislative devolution under a ‘conferred powers’ model (2011-2018) legislative...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?
Education & Development

What are the benefits of interdisciplinary study?

...working in a particular field and that they offer a particular focus of knowledge. When we consider interdisciplinary learning (and teaching), we are working across boundaries of knowledge and creating new knowledge from various sources. C.P. Snow famously talked of “two cultures” in the sciences and arts with a ‘gulf of mutual incomprehension’ (Snow, 1965)...
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Article 15 mins