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Predicting Volcanoes
Science, Maths & Technology

Predicting Volcanoes

...changes in gravity above Poás, and Hazel talks us through some experiments she will be undertaking in the future... Predicting Volcanoes The Open University's researcher in volcanoes, Hazel Rymer explains why the Poás volcano in Costa Rica is her favourite, and how evidence form previous experiments there has lead her to believe there may be an environmental crisis -...
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Video 3 mins
Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...changing in many ways. This course looks at the change, or lack of change, in the role of women and men in the home. The discussion of this topic will focus on the connectedness between women’s work in the paid labour force and their work in the home. In addition, underlying this will be our recognition that family life today is characterised by diversity. The main...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge
Languages

Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge

...changed in the translation. The Harry Potter series provides a lot of variations that can keep the reader amused as they compare the translations with the original. It’s well-known that the US title of the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was changed to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s stone for the US market. But that, together with US spelling,...
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Article 15 mins
I had cancer - now stop supporting just me
Health, Sports & Psychology

I had cancer - now stop supporting just me

...changes for other young people facing the disease in the future...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. What’s it like to be a teenager with cancer? What changes? Does anything change? We’ve all had questions about cancer. It’s scary. And unfamiliar to most. When did you get cancer? I was sixteen. It was my sixth and...
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Article 5 mins
How do we move towards racial equality?
Education & Development

How do we move towards racial equality?

...changes they would like to see to move towards racial equality in this collection of videos...At The Open University (OU) we are conscious of the need to talk about race, to recognise the challenges some colleagues face as well as creating opportunities for students to hear about perspectives on race. For this reason, we have created a suite of videos where colleagues...
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Video 30 mins
Social marketing
Money & Business

Social marketing

...change? In a series of lively interviews, Professor Gerard Hastings of the Institute of Social Marketing, faces questions from members of ISM-Open (the Institute of Social Marketing at The Open University Business School) on issues such as the ethics of social marketing, branding and advertising, and the morality of shocking or scaring people into changing their behaviour...
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Audio 1 hr 31 mins
Perceptions of English literature
History & The Arts

Perceptions of English literature

...changed over the last 50 years? What criteria do we use when classifying a novel as English? And is this definition organic enough to assimilate new works and different interpretations? Professor Terry Eagleton leads the discussion by explaining how perceptions of Englishness changed during the 20th century and we discover that as a result of authors such as Chinua...
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Audio 21 mins
Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?
Society, Politics & Law

Will piloting juryless trials for rape cases in Scotland lead to a reduction in bias?

...changes lead to higher conviction rates due to the removal of potentially biased jurors?...The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (2023) is set to make significant changes to the Scottish legal system, including the reduction of jurors required in criminal cases from 15 to 12 and the abolition of the controversial 'not proven' verdict. Additionally,...
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Article 5 mins