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Applying to university - your step-by-step guide
Education & Development

Applying to university - your step-by-step guide

...home. We'll explore the three stages of the application process and what needs to be done at each step: Research Apply Prepare Click below to get started. [Screengrab of Application Guide interactive with button that says 'Get started'] [university ready - white back ] This resource is part of the University Ready hub. Find more resources like this on the hub homepage....
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Activity 5 mins
Making Faces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making Faces

...research links... Making Faces Open University cognitive psychologist Graham Pike describes how his interest in facial compositing has led to a collaboration resulting in a computer based tool, called Efit V. This tool might transform the process of identifying police suspects. It is being developed to allow law enforcement agencies to produce images of criminal suspects...
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Video 2 mins
Human trafficking: Modern day slavery?
Society, Politics & Law

Human trafficking: Modern day slavery?

...language surrounding this very serious issue just part of the problem? Perspective: Human trafficking as the new slavery The words slavery, abuse, victims and protection come hand in hand when discussing human trafficking - but some researchers are arguing that the terminology itself is part of the problem, not least, by removing the focus from the state and its policies....
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Video 14 mins
15 minutes on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

15 minutes on Mars

...Upgrade to the latest version of Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. [AstrobiologyOU logo]This article is part of the Astrobiology Collection on OpenLearn. This collection of free articles, interactives, videos and courses provides insights into research that investigates the possibilities of life beyond the Earth and the ethical and governance implications of this....
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Activity 15 mins
Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...researchers whether computers could think in a human fashion. Here's what they thought then...[Chip] The Story So Far Robots that are autonomous already exist: they can learn, communicate and teach each other. They can navigate their way around our world and be linked to extremely powerful computers that will give them a processing capacity well beyond that of humans. How...
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Article 15 mins
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...research and how this has affected psychology’s understanding of human behaviour appreciate the importance of incorporating diverse cultural perspectives in psychological research...Psychology around the world: 1 Does psychology work the same everywhere? - The study of psychology helps us to understand why people think, feel and behave in the ways they do. While these...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach
Education & Development

Learning to teach: making sense of learning to teach

...research about students' experiences of learning to teach and considers the implications of this in designing teacher education programmes...This free course, Making sense of learning to teach, is the first of four courses which comprise the course Learning to teach. It draws on what we know about how people learn to become teachers. It explores the different approaches...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Brexit’s impact on the nations of the UK - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special
History & The Arts

Brexit’s impact on the nations of the UK - Student Hub Live's Brexit Special

...session of the Brexit Special by Student Hub Live, three OU academics who live and research in different parts of the UK will discuss the different factors that shaped their nations’ reactions to the referendum, along with its consequences for the UK’s unity, cohesion and prosperity. Transcript For more Studnet Hub Live events, visit studenthublive.kmi.open.ac.uk/...
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Video 30 mins