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50 years of sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

50 years of sport and fitness

...has rapidly developed since 1969. In this series of articles, we look back at the advances made in technology and sports medicine, successes of British sportswomen, world records and changes in various sports and fitness activites...Discover how sport has changed in the past 50 years Now take a free related course Study with the OU Read more on sports and risk taking...
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Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education
Miscellaneous

Northern Ireland Science Festival 2022: Tackling BAME Disparities in STEM Education

...students into STEM subjects and shift this industry wide disparity. Representatives from The Open University, Queen’s University and Ulster University discussed the stories behind some of Northern Ireland’s STEM academics, who represent the BAME community and are committed to instigating change. They shared their work and opinion on why this exists and what can be...
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Jumpstart University
Education & Development

Jumpstart University

Aimed to help students starting university this year to prepare for and settle into their studies, the Jumpstart University hub has been developed by The Open University in collaboration with the Russell Group.
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Hospital: After the terrorist attack
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: After the terrorist attack

...OU co-production Hospital were filming in St Mary's Hospital. Watch some of the activity as medical crews responded to the developing incident...An incident is declared The first victims arrive at St Mary's A reunion The two young men were injured during the terrorist attack in London on March 22nd, 2017. Five people were murdered and 49 injured. The BBC News website has...
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The Labour Party purges
Society, Politics & Law

The Labour Party purges

...student movement and other social movements who joined Labour, enthused by the Corbyn campaign, and had every intention of remaining in the Party. The reasoning behind these new rejections looks, at least at first sight, murky. Hattie Craig is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham, and a relatively prominent activist the National Campaign Against Fees and...
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Sacrificial Metals
Science, Maths & Technology

Sacrificial Metals

...OU course Our Chemical Environment (ST240)...[Coral and fish] According to this table aluminium should react with oxygen more readily than iron, which is easily oxidized in the presence of water and oxygen. How is it then that aluminium can be used for aeroplanes which are in constant contact with water and oxygen? In reality, aluminium does react with oxygen very rapidly...
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Everyday maths video: "From zero to hero"
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths video: "From zero to hero"

When is it too late to start learning maths again? Watch this video in which one of our students tells her own maths success story!...Click here to download the transcript
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Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing
Science, Maths & Technology

Rewriting DNA: An introduction to genome editing

...OU Ph.D. student explains all you need to know about genome editing...Genome editing, also referred to as “gene editing”, “genome engineering” or “gene engineering”, encompasses various modern technologies that allow scientists to alter the DNA of organisms or cells. These techniques aim at inserting, removing, replacing or modifying specific fragments of DNA....
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