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Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students
Education & Development

Closing the awarding gap: practical actions to support Black and minority ethnic students

...educators can help to close the awarding gap for Black and minority ethnic students. ...Awarding gaps between Black and minority ethnic students and their white peers remain a persistent challenge across higher education. While the causes are complex, evidence emerging since 2020 – including scholarship from across The Open University – highlights a number of clear,...
Accessing genetic testing through the NHS
Science, Maths & Technology

Accessing genetic testing through the NHS

...technology which is being rolled out for free in the UK by the National Health Service (NHS). In this video, made with the support of the NHS Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA), we explain how to access genetic testing. Since genetic testing can be used to find changes or variations in genes that cause health problems, we explain why genetic testing is recommended...
Environmental Ethics
Nature & Environment

Environmental Ethics

...he views genetically modified crops as a benign technology. The activist A campaigner explains her biocentric worldview and how this affects her stance on GM crops. The organic farmer An organic farmer explains why organic cultivation is the best alternative to modifying the genetics of crops. GM: points of view Some of the views that feed into the policy-making process....
Changing the way we work
Money & Business

Changing the way we work

...technology to enable more remote working and the blurring of boundaries between organisations, as they form partnerships with each other. It also asks how these changes will affect the way managers will work in the future. This material forms part of The Open University course B822 Creativity, innovation and change... Changing the way we work An introduction to this...
Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...technologies to explore the impact of emotions on financial decision-making and to develop new approaches to learning, which can support effective choices. In this podcast Professor Mark Fenton-O'Creevy of The Open University Business School looks at the work of this research programme and explores the ways in which emotions affect how we all (from investment bankers to...
Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network

...technologies already available; and technology is not yet progressing fast enough to give governments the policy options they will need. In the worst case, emissions could keep on rising throughout the century. They warn that how the climate may change, and what that could do to us, are both highly uncertain. “The important thing to understand is that uncertainty is not...
Are selfies a terrible thing?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are selfies a terrible thing?

...technologies. That includes apps used by people with dark skin to address the misrepresentation created by photographic technology that was originally designed to favour light skin. Studies have also indicated that young adults generally present a fairly accurate representation of their offline identity on social media. The internet is no longer an anonymous place. Most...
Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health Research at The Open University
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reproduction, Sexualities and Sexual Health Research at The Open University

...people and pregnancy & childbirth. This page brings together free resources that have been developed as part of our research, covering: HIV Sex and relationships Reproductive choices Pregnancy and childbirth Comprehensive sexuality education To find out more about the Reproduction, Sexualities & Sexual Health Research Group (RSSH) at The Open University, click here....