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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...
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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...
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Imagining Scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Imagining Scientists

...The Open University's Dr Richard Holliman reflects on the findings of a research project called 'Invisible Witnesses' to explore these questions. In so doing he considers some of the implications of the 1950s stereotype for how scientists are perceived in the public sphere... Imagining Scientists Looking at the 'mad scientist' stereotype and comparing it with reality....
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Sport and exercise psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sport and exercise psychology

...Open University module E233 Sport and exercise psychology: a case study approach... Adherence: Getting people active and sticking to it This video examines the challenges of adhering to an exercise programme, focussing on the experiences of clients and trainers at a health club. Trainers’ experiences: improving adherence In this video two fitness trainers share their...
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Video 42 mins
How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...opened, and he advanced to the couch of the blooming youths, cradled in healthy sleep. Eternal sorrow sat upon his face as he bent down and kissed the forehead of the boys, who from that hour withered like flowers snapt upon the stalk. I have not seen these stories since then; but their incidents are as fresh in my mind as if I had read them yesterday. "We will each write...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...Open University's Open Degree qualifications. 1: Eye witness identifications have led to 77% of wrongful convictions [Photograph, black and white. Five Caucasian men in a police line-up.] Many of us might think we would make a reliable witness and be able to identify a criminal if asked by the police, but chances are we wouldn't as our memory for unfamiliar faces is very...
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Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...open up Falstaff's money bag - or any money bag he can find - like he's opening an oyster with a knife! It goes like this. I will not lend thee a penny... Thomas Swann as Falstaff I will not lend thee a penny. Robert Harley as Pistol Why, then the world's mine oyster. Which I with sword will open. Queen Elizabeth I The world's mine oyster. It's full of money and treasure....
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10 years of The Bottom Line
Money & Business

10 years of The Bottom Line

...course he has gone on to receive further accolades and awards, including an Honorary Doctorate of the Open University. Like all great broadcasters and all great educationalists, Evan’s outstanding gift is to make complex and technical issues clear and easily understood. And like all great communicators, he does it with infectious enthusiasm, a ready wit and a clear love...
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