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Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes

...think it's important, and why we think different people will benefit from the research findings that we're going to be coming up with. But before I go any further, let me introduce the whole research team to you. There are eight of us in all. We're a mix of geographers, sociologists, planners, designers. And we think that interdisciplinary mix is actually quite important...
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Video 10 mins
James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...think in the late eighties there were a series of programmes not just on the BBC, but Channel 4 as well, and I remember one in particular that was called A Decade of Destruction and I think having wanted to travel and having a sense of adventure and wanting to see the world, I then saw programmes like that, that made me really care about the world and what was happening....
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Video 30 mins
This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...Think of Edinburgh and cultural events such as the Fringe, or think of London and its stock markets. Being a city is to be elevated to a greater level of national significance. Throughout much of history, the city has been considered a space where the citizens were free from the back-breaking labour that defined rural life. According to geographer Yi Fu Tuan, the...
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Article 15 mins
Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?
Education & Development

Home education: levelling the playing field or increasing inequalities?

...system that replaced exams with TAG in 2021 did not work for EHE private candidates. Quite simply, they had no history with teachers marking their work as students learnt independently using books, their own research, YouTube, past papers and family or friends to support their learning. Teaching myself When we think of young people taking exams we usually think of them...
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Article 5 mins
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...system. Find out what Kenechi, 13, and Loren, 18 think about race. Follow the UK youth instagram page. Click here to watch a video about the essentials of youth policy. Find out more about the eight standards for a quality youth policy here. Find out more about intersectionality from the Open University’s Professor Ann Pheonix. Find out more about how the Prevent...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
An introduction to web applications architecture
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to web applications architecture

...systems are examples of web applications. Web services describes a standardised way of integrating web applications using the internet standards and protocols. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course TT284 Web Technologies...An introduction to web applications architecture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course you should be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...think that anyone really can. What I can do (and try in few words to explain) is to make some suggestions about why I think this has all happened. And in a complex issue like this perhaps half a loaf is better than no bread. So when Merrill Ring asked me to explain Brexit to an American audience, I decided to give it a go. The British Conservative Party (the Tories) have...
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Article 10 mins
How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth

...systems operate to form our environment. Every planet except one in the Solar System has a gaseous atmosphere, as do some moons and even some dwarf planets. Why does the Earth’s atmosphere make it so perfect as a home for life? The Earth’s atmosphere The atmosphere is thin and light, a gas that is only bound to the solid mass of the Earth by gravity. The mass of the...
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Article 20 mins