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From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common
Health, Sports & Psychology

From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to paracetamol: why harmful autism myths are so common

...data. Their findings have never been replicated in large-scale human research. This pattern is familiar from other autism “scares”. Early studies that suggested a link between ultrasound scans or prenatal stress and autism also relied on animal models and were not confirmed by large population studies. Myths that outlive the evidence Even when false claims are...
How can we encourage people to mend their clothes?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can we encourage people to mend their clothes?

...data, a set of personas was created – imaginary but realistic characters that represent real patterns of behaviour. Let’s introduce them: The eco mender: mends to protect the planet The craft mender: loves turning repairs into creative projects The occasional mender: just fixes what they need, when they need it The delegating mender: prefers someone else to do the...
Managing complexity: a systems approach
Society, Politics & Law

Managing complexity: a systems approach

...data are not the result of its own self-production. The way the computer works remains the same, whether it is processing pictures from the National Gallery or whether it is processing letters of the alphabet. The rules that relate input to output are constant over time. The question of what I can know about the outside world is an ancient one and has always been central...
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...data collected in England from 2001 to 2011. It contains three main types of information: the percentage of a population sample achieving 5 A DAY the year of data collection the population categories of men, women and children. [Described image] (Source: Defra, 2013, p. 61) Figure 1 Consumption of fruit and vegetables in men, women and children in England, based on one 24...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...analysis and evaluation in order to respond intelligently to disputes, controversies and arguments about issues. Subjects like geography develop approaches to ‘disciplined enquiry’ that use a small number of very important concepts. When these are used and grown, using real data and examples, they do not ‘tell’ pupils what to think, but help them to think about...
Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...data that’s relatively easy to get, and then what share, what proportion of the country or the audience were watching your show, whatever the numbers was, what was the share? Share is important too. I work for some programmes that we provide content for where it’s not so much eyeballs but share that they follow, they track literally every minute through the programme...
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...data rates can be transmitted over long distances through optical fibres. You will learn how these fibres are linked, examine the technology used and assess the future direction of this continually developing area of communication...Optical-fibre communications became commercially viable in the 1970s and innovation continues today. This free course, Digital
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...data is collected and analysed. Radio 4's ‘The Material World’ broadcast three programmes from Open University Residential Schools, including SXR103 Practising Science. If you'd like to listen to this, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/thematerialworld_20060810.shtml. In addition, you can visit our Geology Toolkit for an interactive overview of the landscape...