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Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...OU mathematics MSc students can write a masters dissertation on in the module M840, Dissertation in mathematics. Research at The Open University: The hat and spectre tilings are currently being investigated by our mathematicians and engineers as part of their research into new materials. Visit A class of aperiodic honeycombs with tuneable mechanical properties for more...
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There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!
Health, Sports & Psychology

There is a biological reason why teenagers struggle to wake up early!

...student sleeping ] A student asleep at his desk Sleep Deprived At about the same time the Munich study came out, Russell Foster at the University of Oxford made a key breakthrough in the neuroscience of time. By raising blind mice, Foster was able to show that all mammals’ sleep times depended on sunlight only. This means that biological time – which determines when...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...becoming a headteacher in a little school in a perfect village when he grew up, but he was only able to get a place at the technical school learning woodwork and bricklaying. The careers tutor almost laughed when he told him of his dreams to teach. But Drummond was ambitious. He earned a place at college, became president of its student union. He found a teaching job,...
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Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...OU's Ray Corrigan offers his views on the recent interview between Eric King and NSA whistleblower Bill Binney - and what it means from a UK perspective...Eric King, Director of Don't Spy on Us and Deputy Director of Privacy International, recently interviewed former Technical Director at the NSA, Bill Binney, following the latter's testimony before the Joint Committee on...
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Personal development planning for engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Personal development planning for engineering

...students: become more effective, independent and confident self-directed learners understand how they are learning and relate their learning to a wider context improve their general skills for study and career management articulate personal goals and evaluate progress towards their achievement develop a positive attitude to learning throughout life. (Houghton and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?
Languages

"I was so depressed yesterday..." - or were you?

...becomes diluted and the word begins to denote a simpler, often fleeting, everyday emotion. The problem is that mental health disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and bi-polar disorder are not simple and fleeting and everyday. They are complex illnesses that require treatment. But when the technical terms for them begin to mean something everyday, it...
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The age of offence
Society, Politics & Law

The age of offence

...become an integral part of modern life. The news media regularly spark moral panics about the rise of a new McCarthyism, we’re told that universities are suffering from a crisis of academic freedom, politics has become an all-out struggle over competing claims of victimhood, and everywhere people seem to be ever more offended by an ever wider range of issues. So what...
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Video 30 mins
Introduction to number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to number theory

...students in printed books, with PDFs of the same online. This format ensures that mathematical notation is presented accurately and clearly. The PDF of this extract thus shows the content exactly as it would be seen by an Open University student. However, the extract isn't entirely representative of the module materials, because there are no explicit references to use of...
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Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs