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Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...research programme being conducted by The Open University and other partners. The project is using leading edge physiological sensors and computer game 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...
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Audio 19 mins
Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia
History & The Arts

Silent Invisible Women: Deaf and Muslim in Australia

...Researcher. Last year, as a requirement of my Social Research and Policy Degree at the University of New South Wales, I devoted my honours research to this topic. My thesis explored the identities and lived experiences of Australian Lebanese-Muslim women with hearing impairment and investigated if they perceive their hearing loss as a ‘blessing’ or a ‘curse’. This...
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Video 5 mins
Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities
Miscellaneous

Open Minds - Diabetes and Depression: A Tale of Three Cities

...research in the psychosocial field of diabetes. Her research interests have two overlapping strands. The first focuses on the relationship between diabetes and mental health and its impact on the individual and on health service provision. The second strand is her commitment to taking an inclusive approach, pioneering alternative ways of involving minority ethnic groups...
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Article 5 mins
The Galapagos
Science, Maths & Technology

The Galapagos

...researchers. Some of the plants and animals that live here are found nowhere else on Earth. Today that biodiversity is under threat from an increasing population, tourism and invasive non-native species. The video tracks on this album retraces Darwin's first steps on the Galapagos islands, looks at some of the species that fascinated him, and at how threats to the...
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Audio 1 hr 23 mins
Jury Hub Conversation: Hayley Ness, Lee Curley
Society, Politics & Law

Jury Hub Conversation: Hayley Ness, Lee Curley

Why does jury research matter? How can jurors and judges prepare for their tasks? What are the challenges of jury research?Hayley Ness talks to Lee Curley...Podcast transcript
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Article 25 mins
Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate
Science, Maths & Technology

Life Beyond Earth: The Big Debate

...research focuses on life at the limits. She is particularly interested in microorganisms that live in extreme environments, including the International Space Station, and terrestrial environments that are analogues for extra-terrestrial locations. [Dr. Mark Fox Powell] Dr. Mark Fox Powell Research Fellow, AstrobiologyOU Mark is a planetary geochemist and his research is...
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Video 1 hr
Migrant parenting
Health, Sports & Psychology

Migrant parenting

...children thrive in their environment and to enhance their performance in relation to their peers, the parents strive to maximise their educational and social opportunities, often at great financial or personal cost. At the same time, the parenting practices and beliefs of my participants are influenced by the cultural values of the society they grew up in. [Women holding...
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Article 5 mins
The Belfast linen industry
History & The Arts

The Belfast linen industry

...Centre and Lisburn Museum Publication, 1994) Belfast: The Making of a City J C Beckett. Weblinks Irish Linen Guild Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum Interested in finding more out? Social sciences with The Open University. With thanks to: Richard Gibson – Smyth and Gibson, Retailers [Richard Gibson] Bill Crawford – Local Historian [Bill Crawford] Brian Mackay –...
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Article 10 mins