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People make terrible eyewitnesses – but it turns out there’s an exception
Society, Politics & Law

People make terrible eyewitnesses – but it turns out there’s an exception

...system in the UK has been slow to catch on...Find out about The Open University's Law courses. People are often poor eyewitnesses. Psychologists have been demonstrating this in experiments for years, but the justice system in the UK has been slow to catch on. There have been improvements, but lawyers and judges continue to rely regularly on eyewitnesses to convict or...
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Article 5 mins
What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do volcanoes tell us about the possibility of life on Mars?

...system and branching river valleys being formed. But now planetary scientists have identified what looks like more recently formed volcanoes, in geological terms. Excitingly, they may have once provided the perfect environment for microbial lifeforms to thrive. Mars’ Olympus Mons is the solar system’s largest volcano – 22km high and more than 500km across its base....
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Article 5 mins
Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Phobos – an asteroid masquerading as a moon of Mars?

...System, yet remarkedly little is known about them. The existence of Phobos and Deimos remained hypothetical until August 1877 when Asaph Hall and American Astronomer finally found them within five days of one another. Upon discovery it became obvious why they had not been seen previously. They were both extremely small, with diameters of just ~12.4 km (Deimos) and ~22.5...
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Article 5 mins
Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...think about the wider, systemic factors that affect the foods that parents and children buy and eat. In this video you will hear Anna Taylor talk about the work of the UK-based Food Foundation, an organisation that aims to change people’s ability to eat healthily through policy and building public understanding about how the food we eat is affected by entire food...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...system will give you the feel of a dialogue such as you would have in a tutorial, with tutor and other students. You will get the best results if you actively engage in the process: though it may seem tempting to read straight on to our discussion, you will be a more effective learner if you work out your response first, because you will then have something on which to...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Chinese at the tip of your tongue: A glimpse of Chinese
Languages

Chinese at the tip of your tongue: A glimpse of Chinese

...systems to transcribe Chinese sounds into Roman alphabet. Pinyin was adopted as the official system in the People’s Republic of China in 1958. In Mandarin Chinese there are four tones. Each syllable has a definite tone and syllables with different tones mean different things. For example, the character chē, carries the first tone, whereas chĕ with the third tone means...
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Video 5 mins
The geological record of environmental change
Science, Maths & Technology

The geological record of environmental change

...systems and wave dominated systems. Utah: Incision surfaces at Woodside Canyon Incision surfaces at Woodside canyon. Utah: An incised valley at Tuscher Canyon A look at an incised valley at Tuscher Valley. Focussing on erosion surfaces, sequence boundaries, incised valley fills and distributaries channels. Utah: Explaining incision valleys Explaining incision valleys....
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Video 1 hr 14 mins
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...thinking intellectual challenge – thinking through complex organisational problems and developing strategies to support these working with smart people – because while the work is important to the company, you get to work with the smartest people (internally and externally) creativity – you are continually having to come up with new and innovative ways of doing...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs