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Paul Williams - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Paul Williams - Earth in Vision

...world started at a young age. He found his first fossil on a beach when he was 8 years old, and from that moment he was hooked. At University Paul studied palaeontology, before working as a researcher at the Natural History Museum in London. In 2003 he began work as a researcher at the BBC Natural History Unit. Since then he has filmed in more than 30 countries. He has...
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Video 30 mins
Lazarus: David Bowie's bio-obituary
History & The Arts

Lazarus: David Bowie's bio-obituary

...world of his 'scars that can't be seen', his 'drama that can't be stolen' and that he has ‘nothing left to lose’. Transcript Always re-creating himself throughout his long career in pop music, Bowie was the master of reincarnations. And it is as if 'Lazarus', who paradoxically was raised from the dead by Jesus, was Bowie's ultimate rebirth as he pronounces 'Oh I'll be...
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Make it Digital
Digital & Computing

Make it Digital

...world-class TV, radio and online content. Make it Digital will also amplify the great work already taking place across the UK through initiatives with partners. The Open University has co-produced three programmes in the season and the first two will be aired shortly. To celebrate the season, we have pulled together content from OpenLearn to get you delving into the...
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The Acropolis and the Parthenon
History & The Arts

The Acropolis and the Parthenon

...world. Rising over the city of Athens 150 metres above sea level, it consists of several significant archaeological remains of temples dedicated to various deities, and civic buildings. This album offers a chance to tour the Acropolis and examine its many buildings, including its best preserved temple, the Parthenon, along with its friezes, known as the Elgin Marbles....
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Audio 28 mins
Roman funerary monuments
History & The Arts

Roman funerary monuments

...world... Roman funerary monuments An introduction to this album. Fragments as clues Thousands of ancient inscriptions survive in Rome; what do they tell us? Cemeteries in the Roman world How ancient Romans buried and commemorated their dead outside the city walls. Funerary monuments How the style of a memorial can indicate a lot about the deceased’s status and identity....
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Audio 32 mins
Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi
History & The Arts

Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi

...world’s first female rabbi, was ordained in Nazi Germany in 1935. However, for many years after her death at Auschwitz, she remained a largely forgotten figure until the discovery of her papers in the early 1990s. This collection explores Jonas’ story, which raises important issues in relation to the role of women in historiography and the connection between processes...
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Audio 32 mins
Reducing your ecological footprint
Nature & Environment

Reducing your ecological footprint

...world. They feature an energy efficient household in Oxford and pioneering work at the Eden Project and Mount Pleasant Eco Park in Cornwall. This material forms part of The Open University course U116, Environment: journeys through a changing world... Reducing your ecological footprint A short introduction to this album Eco-Renovations Reducing your carbon footprint at...
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Audio 24 mins
The Large Hadron Collider
Science, Maths & Technology

The Large Hadron Collider

...world's most powerful particle accelerator, this album examines how an accelerator works, why the LHC failed in 2008 and what scientists hope its high-energy collisions will reveal. The audio tracks feature Dr Stephen Serjeant and Dr David Broadhurst from The Open University and Dr Dan Faircloth and Dr Bruce Kennedy from the Science and Technology Facilities Council's...
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Audio 27 mins