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Mind the Medicine Gap
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mind the Medicine Gap

...of The Open University investigates the idea that the patent system is too blunt an instrument to serve the interests of both pharmaceutical companies and the poor like Lemlem. There are smart solutions though; ways for everybody to win. Big questions. Fascinating answers... Mind the Medicine Gap An insight to why people in poor countries have less access to medicines....
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...course... Managing my money for young adults 2: Learn how to prepare some healthy meals [Four lunchboxes with healthy food] It’s easy to order duck pancakes from the sofa or grab a kebab on the way home from a night out, but healthy eating will impact your overall health and wellbeing. Learn more about nutrition and the science behind it with this free course... The...
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Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...course pigs are dirty, full of infections and so there's a good scientific reason for doing it"' but, of course, the Old Testament doesn't say that at all, the Old Testament says that certain foods are taboo because they don't fit the proper categories. So fish can be eaten so long as they have scales and if they don't have scales are they fish or aren't they fish - they...
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Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
History & The Arts

Download free eBook guides to famous literary works

...open) Great Expectations [A collection of covers for a collection of eBooks inspired by the BBC Four series The Secret Life of Books] Frankenstein [A collection of covers for a collection of eBooks inspired by the BBC Four series The Secret Life of Books] Mrs Dalloway [A collection of covers for a collection of eBooks inspired by the BBC Four series The Secret Life of...
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Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price
Miscellaneous

Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price

...Open University, the Berrill Theatre Blaine Price is Professor of Computing in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University (OU). His research interests focus on improving people’s engagement with data gathered from mobile, wearable and so-called ‘ubiquitous computing’ technologies that increasingly form part of our lives....
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Systems explained by Humberto Maturana
Money & Business

Systems explained by Humberto Maturana

...Open University in 1997 the late Prof. Humberto Maturana discusses some of his key ideas. The segments come from an edited conversation between Humberto Maturana and Prof. Ray Ison, Professor of Systems at the OU. Prof Raul Espejo who worked with Humberto in Chile during the Allende years and later held chairs at Aston and Lincoln Universities and is the current Director...
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Navigating Relationship Sex Education (RSE)
Education & Development

Navigating Relationship Sex Education (RSE)

...Open University Education Conference...The session started with participants sharing words they associated with Relationship Sex Education (RSE). These included inclusive, health, resistance, and contentious. The group agreed with Pilcher’s (2005, p.169) description of RSE as having a ‘contentious character’. [Image of the mentimeter question participants answered...
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What does Moon music sound like?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does Moon music sound like?

...Open University’s Dr Mahesh Anand, a Reader in Planetary Science and Exploration and Yazz Ahmed, a trumpet and flugelhorn player of British Bahraini heritage. She seeks to blur the lines between jazz, electronic sound design and the music of her mixed heritage. Listen to the composition below: Yazz explains: “The creative process for my composition began after meeting...
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