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The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...Open University courses But that's very much the sort of sniffy attitude which is strenuously attacked in a new book called Radical Gardening – Politics, Idealism and Rebellion in the Garden. Its author is George McKay who's Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Salford. He now joins me in the studio together with Tim Jordan, Senior Lecturer in Culture,...
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Article 15 mins
Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
Education & Development

Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed

...Open University, her case has been highlighted as an example of both structural violence and how intersectional forms of oppression can work to cause deaths in custody of vulnerable women. Deborah Coles, Director of INQUEST surmised that: ‘Sarah Reed was a woman in torment, imprisoned for the sake of two medical assessments to confirm what was resoundingly clear, that...
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Article 15 mins
Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition
Society, Politics & Law

Abolitionism must come from below: A critique of British Anti-Slavery Abolition

...opened a space for a moral critique of chattel slavery. Recognition that chattel slavery was a ‘social evil’ also gained moral and political significance following the defeat of the British in the American War of Independence in 1781.Recognition that chattel slavery was a ‘social evil’ also gained moral and political significance following the defeat of the...
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Article 20 mins
Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...such as the brain, process information. * Robot A device that can move and react to sensory input. * Robotics The study and technology of robots. * SAINT Symbolic Automatic INTegrator, an early problem solving program. * Search The finding of a path from a start state to a goal state. The BBC and the Open University are not responsible for the content of external websites...
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Article 15 mins
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...source language should generally not be attempted by interpreters, as the result will probably not be funny.” Quite. Many of the delegates spoke in English, so the pressure on Anne Miles in the into-English booth down the hall was sporadic. Miles speaks French, German, Italian and Russian, and has been interpreting for 30 years. In between translating she told me about...
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Article 10 mins
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this course: The content acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons licence). See Terms and Conditions. © Keith Glover Photography All other material contained within this course originated at the Open University. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...sources have been left in the spelling convention of their time, all other parts follow the new spelling reform. This course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L313, Variationen: advanced German...Advanced German: Language, culture and history: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate improved language skills;...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...Open University course A222 Exploring philosophy...Introducing the philosophy of religion: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the meaning of the words ‘God’ and ‘religion’ understand what the main questions are in philosophy of religion have a better sense of the differences between philosophical questions or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs