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Interacting with ambient displays
Science, Maths & Technology

Interacting with ambient displays

...research investigation project in The Open University's Jennie Lee building strives to answer this question. This video takes a look behind-the-scenes of the project, which involves an artistic installation of grey and orange balloons which have been produced in the building to signify the number of people using the lift or taking the stairs. The grey balloons represent...
Studying social work law
Society, Politics & Law

Studying social work law

...children and families Applying social work law to asylum and immigration In An introduction to social work law you will learn what social workers do in their day to day practice with people. You will explore the importance of social work values and consider the challenges of applying these values in practice. In Social work law and UK regulation you will learn how the law...
The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.
Society, Politics & Law

The jury: Why we need to learn more about their collective decision-making processes.

...Research has repeatedly showed support for jury trials for example, Roberts & Hough (2009) asked participants to rate the importance of six democratic rights. They found that the right to a jury trial was rated as the most important, outweighing the right to privacy. What are the roles and responsibilities of the jury, and what issues stem from these? Although members of...
Artificial intelligence
Digital & Computing

Artificial intelligence

...research began. Centres for AI research began forming, such as Carnegie Mellon and MIT, and started concentrating their work on two main themes: Firstly, creating systems that could efficiently solve problems, by limiting the search, such as the Logic Theorist, (considered as the first AI program), Geometry Theorem Prover, and SAINT. Secondly, making systems that could...
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...research) centres on understanding the child’s perspective and needs. In particular, there is recognition of the child’s autonomy (Tips 1, 2 and 3). In addition, by limiting discussion about parental expectations or outcomes (results) (Tip 4), parents are more likely to foster a mastery motivational climate. The following tips also connect to burnout in different...
Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...centre of the module. And then there is the final sixth block and that’s a synthesis block in which we try and get those things brought together again. So in the first substantive block, that is block two, the cultural block, we will be dealing with, for instance, issues of how environment is represented. How it’s represented culturally. So, for instance, issues of...
Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’
Health, Sports & Psychology

Nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’

...research and education there are increasing opportunities for band 4 NAs to progress without requiring the degree Transfer to Nursing (top-up) programme to be a registered nurse. You may be interested in Sam’s story below where she chose to pursue a leadership related degree, now working in a band 6 role with potential to progress further. Many people do not wish to...
Why the size of your plate might be making you overweight
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why the size of your plate might be making you overweight

...research links tableware size with the tendency to eat too much...A new review has produced the most conclusive evidence to date that people consume more food or non-alcoholic drinks when offered larger sized portions or when they use larger items of tableware. The research, carried out by the University of Cambridge and published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic...