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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...projects. In 1986, she left HOS to found Hamilton Technologies, to accelerate the evolution software technology and to direct her advanced systems to complex projects for commercial and defence purposes. Margaret Hamilton has published over 130 papers, proceedings and reports and has been involved in 60 projects and in 6 major programmes (Katz 2010). She has been the...
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Article 5 mins
How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?
Nature & Environment

How has Teddy Kinyanjui taken plastic out of reforestation?

...project’s initiation in 2016, about one million seeds of different species of certified indigenous trees have been dispersed throughout Kenya through partnerships with locals and with a germination rate of 60 per cent. “People use charcoal every day, necessitating for more trees. Climate change has also caused community conflicts, especially among pastoralists in...
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Article 5 mins
Building on History: The Church in London
History & The Arts

Building on History: The Church in London

...project between The Open University, King’s College London, the Diocese of London and Lambeth Palace Library. The project aims to give participants within the diocese an archived insight to historical research in order to understand how the church has responded to societal change in the last two centuries and to create space for fresh historical enquires in order to...
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Video 9 mins
Perspectives on social work: individual stories
Health, Sports & Psychology

Perspectives on social work: individual stories

...manager talking about their different experiences. The interviews will illustrate the importance of listening to people’s stories, the importance of relationship in social work practice, and the importance of the context in which social work practice takes place. You will consider questions about the interviews, and will reflect on the implications for practice of what...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Rings and polynomials
Science, Maths & Technology

Rings and polynomials

...introduction to rings and polynomials. We see that polynomial rings have many properties in common with the integers; for example, we can define a division algorithm, and this enables us to develop the analogue of the highest common factor for two polynomials. Section 1 explores the abstract definitions of a ring and a field. Sections 2 and 3 define polynomial rings where...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Rotating Bodies and Angular Momentum
Science, Maths & Technology

Rotating Bodies and Angular Momentum

...introduction to this album. Torque and Momentum An introduction to rotating bodies, focusing on baton twirling. Sport scientist Dave Cogner explains the relationship between torque and angular momentum. Spinning on Ice A look at how ice skaters can control and change the speed of spinning, with relation to body mass and axis of rotation. Diving Angular momentum in Diving...
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Audio 26 mins
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...introduction offers the perfect opportunity to develop the skills needed to communicate effectively in Spanish in everyday contexts. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXS001 Beginners Spanish 1: ¡Empezamos!. After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs