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Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...course there will be some processes that flow deeper than others, or with more stability, but ultimately all is in flux Social constructionism was as much a political as an epistemological intervention, and as such it can only be properly grasped in these hybrid terms. What on the epistemological plane was a challenge to any essentialism that claimed a fixed order became,...
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Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?

...Open University's Physics courses and qualifications. When Ofcom, the UK’s independent telephony regulator, released a wi-fi checker app for your smart phone, they also warned in its press release that your Christmas tree fairy lights could affect the quality of your wi-fi connection. Before the terrible jokes start and we all declare that this is a fit of “Bah...
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Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Society, Politics & Law

Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer

...course knowing her at all! It is these reactions of mine, which made me, reflect on how important embodied ways of knowing about ‘risk’ ‘fear’ and also caring for an other, even an unknown other, are. Reflecting on my reaction to the film made me think more about the relationship of Alia Syed’s journey through the tunnel to Mr. Haroun’s journey through the...
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Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Privacy in the Digital Age: Is it ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ or ‘I’ve got nothing to hide’?

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. Today, developments in technology coupled with the increased use of ‘big data’ for commercial and political purposes, mean that we are living through a shift in how privacy is understood and how it relates to citizenship. We are increasingly being known and valued through our online data: our likes, clicks,...
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CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

CSI: Current research into the impact of bias on crime scene forensics is limited – but psychology can help

...Open University's Law courses. When a jury decides the fate of a person, they do so based on the evidence presented to them in the courtroom. Evidence obtained from forensic analysis, such as DNA analysis, is often interpreted as strong evidence by jurors. This perception of forensic evidence is enhanced by popular TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, where...
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The Life of Socrates
History & The Arts

The Life of Socrates

...Open University's Philosophy courses and qualifications [Marcello Bacciarelli - Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates] Alcibiades being taught by Socrates Socrates (469/470-399 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and is considered the father of western philosophy. Plato was his most famous student and would teach Aristotle who would then tutor Alexander the Great. By this...
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Self-managed abortion in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Self-managed abortion in the UK

...Open University researchers highlighted several factors which it may be useful and important for health professionals and those seeking abortion to be aware of. The factors identified relate to how someone self-managing abortion might be best supported; as well as the importance of effective communication about pain and other effects of the medications that might be...
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Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Harry Marshall - Earth in Vision

...opening up private and public archives, as well as the conservation of king cobras, environmental filmmakers around the world, and the box office success of River Monsters. ...Harry Marshall Harry is the Creative Director of Icon Films – a long established award-winning, UK independent production company. Over the last 25 years Icon Films has produced over 290 hours of...
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