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What is genetics? And how can it affect our health?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is genetics? And how can it affect our health?

...health and development. This is known as a genetic disorder. However, while our genes determine a lot about our characteristics, it is important to remember that our environment and lifestyle choices also play an important role in shaping us. Visit our YouTube playlist to watch more videos from the GRACE project, or visit our website to know more about the project....
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Video 7 mins
Digital Film School
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital Film School

...project. This material forms part of The Open University course T156 Digital film school... Getting media onto your computer Chris High demonstrates how to connect three different types of digital cameras into both Mac and PC, and then how to import the media into various editing software. Getting started with iMovie This track is designed to introduce you to the iMovie...
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Video 1 hr 13 mins
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...Introduction - This course deals with the Moon, the only planetary body that everyone is familiar with seeing in the sky. You will learn about the nearest planetary body to Earth, the long record of cratering on its surface, and about the ancient eruptions that flooded many low-lying areas. If possible, it would be helpful to get a look at the Moon's surface before...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...introduction of ether as an anaesthetic eliminated the pain. Such was its impact that the next hundred years became known as ‘the century of the surgeon’. Yet, even in the 21st century, a neurosurgeon removing a tumour still relies largely on just his eyes and touch to guide him. The differences between cancerous and normal cells are often so minimal that they are...
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Article 5 mins
60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU
Society, Politics & Law

60 Years after the Treaty of Rome: Lessons from history for today's EU

...project. Understandings of the history of European integration have been shaped by an evocative phrase contained in the Treaty of Rome: that the goal of the process was ‘ever closer union’. According to this interpretation, further integration was seen as both inevitable and desirable, and it was assumed that economic integration (through the creation of the Common...
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Article 10 mins
Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe
Nature & Environment

Offshore wind powers ahead in Europe

...project will be 1.2 Gigawatts – enough to power more than a million homes. Next year, a 150-turbine wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands is due to start operating, and other schemes along the Dutch coast are in the works. Denmark, Sweden and Portugal are major investors in offshore wind, and China has ambitious plans for the sector. Wind farms – both onshore and...
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Article 5 mins
Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender
Health, Sports & Psychology

Methods in Motion: Developing psychosocially informed self-help on gender

...project of creating psychosocially informed self-help, and the various methods involved: reviewing existing theory and research; analysing existing self-help; conducting collaborative research with gender-, sexual-, and relationship-diverse (GSRD) communities; autoethnographic reflection; and creative dissemination. This time I want to reflect on one particular strand of...
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Article 10 mins
The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London
Education & Development

The impact of COVID-19 on Black children and young people living in London

...project is a pilot to explore issues which are important to children and young people in a view to turn this into a larger project. The lives of Black children and young people are often underrepresented so this is why it is particularly important that their views were captured in terms of how they’ve been feeling and reacting to COVID-19. [teen girl wearing headphones...
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Article 10 mins