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Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support
Health, Sports & Psychology

Black and Minority Ethnic students: Mental wellbeing and study support

...Open University’s Access and Participation Plan...We did it! The role of study support in student success Transcript ‘We did it! The role of study support in student success’ was created by Suki Haider, Alice Uwizera, Allan Kavuma, John Butcher, Rehana Awan and Darren Gray. Suki is an OU Associate Lecturer, and Alice and Allan are two Black students studying at the...
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People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...course we talk about means or medians and we can also look at how the population is dispersed and there we might be looking at the standard deviation of the population. Sorry – need to concentrate on my driving for a moment! Tony Nixon: We’re going down a steep slope here and we’re about to tip up on our sides so – Paul Herriotts: We’re not about to tip up on...
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Interviews - Writing For Radio
History & The Arts

Interviews - Writing For Radio

...course you need production, you need very good performances, but when you compare the quality of writing on radio and how direct it is, with say the same in movies, I think if, if you have a good script in radio it’s very hard to turn it into anything other than a good play. I don’t think the same is true of films. You don’t need a good script to make a good film....
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In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list
Health, Sports & Psychology

In Our Time on Psychology: An OpenLearn listening list

...as to whether we are born with it or whether intelligence is something we develop as we grow, and evidence for either camp seems to pile up almost daily." First broadcast: July 1999 Guests: Dr Ken Richardson; Professor Michael Ruse Listen to the Intelligence episode Explore your verbal fluency Interested in psychology? Discover the range of psychology courses with the OU...
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Hallowain't III: Vampire squid from hell
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Vampire squid from hell

...course, vampires. In fact, the vampire squid couldn't be any less like a vampire. Unlike all other cephalopods, it doesn't hunt living prey at all, but feasts instead on detrius. Yes, detrius. We said they weren't vampiric; we didn't claim they were great house guests. Transcript While we're pointing out they're not vampires, they're also not really squid, either. Vampire...
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Week 6 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 6 Civilisations: The debate

...course I contributed to, editing and co-authoring a unit on British India. In this episode David Olusoga looks at what he refers to as the first age of globalisation, tracing key moments of the Europe’s encounter with Africa, Central America and Asia from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. This episode traces a shift from the time when relations between Europe and...
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The rotating Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The rotating Moon

...remind yourself what the lunar surface looks like, try these panoramas. Did you know that the Science and Technology Facilities Council has samples of moon rocks that are available for educational loan, such as to schools and astronomical societies? You can find out more via the Science & Technology Facilities Council. Discover more by trying these free course materials...
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The physical world: waves and relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

The physical world: waves and relativity

...course S207 The physical world... The physical world: waves and relativity An introduction to this album. Radar and radio waves Introducing the modern communication technology fishermen use. The nature of sound waves Find out what makes a wave, how sound travels and how fishermen stayed in touch at sea before the invention of radio. Electromagnetic waves Radio waves are...
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