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Can computers be therapists?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can computers be therapists?

...student at a laptop] People can be doubtful about the potential of computers to deliver or augment talking therapies. For instance, individuals are often skeptical about how computers could assist someone to overcome complex personal problems, and in the case of children and young people, many adults are already apprehensive about the amount of time kids spend online,...
What is Manupedia and how do I use it?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is Manupedia and how do I use it?

...students to use as a resource while they learnt about the principles of materials processing. And it is those self-same datacards that we have translated into this web resource. Naturally we have added some new processes. There is a new section on additive manufacturing processes, which didn’t exist in the 1980s. Meanwhile some of the processes included have become...
Supporting and developing resilience in social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting and developing resilience in social work

...become a resilient practitioner in social work? This free course, Supporting and developing resilience in social work, will guide you through some important concepts. An understanding of ‘emotional resilience’ and ‘professional leadership’ will help to guide you through taking a positive approach to problems that arise in social work practice. You will also be...
All my own work: exploring academic integrity Badge icon
Education & Development

All my own work: exploring academic integrity

...student. Thus what should have been a high-level intelligence analysis turned out to be a ‘cut and paste job’ designed to influence MPs to vote for military action in Iraq (White, MacAskill and Norton-Taylor, 2003). There may be different standards and expectations around copying material depending on what you are doing, what material you are using, how you are using...
Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Uncertainty within the Realm of Statistics

...students in this school, have they performed as you would expect? A good analysis can look beyond absolute terms. It can show where schools have performed well in absolute terms, but also not well given their cohort of students and the converse can also be found. Once you have this information you can begin to ask what is this school doing right that can be replicated? It...
The science of sleep
Health, Sports & Psychology

The science of sleep

...becoming bored, either during sleep or with the relative lack of external stimulation within the uterus. Try proving that one. Sleep inertia That's the scientific name for the grogginess felt after waking. One to five minutes of lethargy is usual, and performance may be reduced for about twenty minutes. However it can persist long enough in some people for it to be a real...
How does a Bill move through Parliament?
Society, Politics & Law

How does a Bill move through Parliament?

...become a law? In order to become an Act of Parliament a Bill will have to be passed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Do all Bills start in the House of Commons? A Bill may start in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords, with the exception of Finance Bills which always start in the House of Commons. A Finance Bill is introduced by the...
What are Donald Trump's politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What are Donald Trump's politics?

OU academics from the Department of Politics and International Studies talk about the 'populist' politics of Donald Trump and the rise of populism more widely...The surprise victory of such an unconventional candidate has left commentators scrambling to make sense of his victory and try to assess some of the likely consequences in domestic politics in the US. Questions...