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History & The Arts
Learning from the past with historic buildings
How can we work with our building traditions to create designs that will last?
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Digital & Computing
How can we stop science, engineering and technology losing talented women?
There's still a massive gender imbalance in university STEM subjects. What can be done to address this? Clem Herman has some ideas...
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Science, Maths & Technology
The role of business development in AstrobiologyOU
Ann Grand, Lecturer in Astrobiology Education, talked with Yiannis Tsamis, Business Development Manager, about the role of business development in AstrobiologyOU.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Succeed with maths: part 1
If you feel that maths is a mystery that you want to unravel then this free course is for you. It will guide you through how numbers are put together, give you confidence with using percentages, fractions and negative numbers and provide you with problem solving skills for your everyday life and the wider world.
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Nature & Environment
Deep oceans can help us understand our climate
Carbon isotopes found in deep water fossils offer an insight into deep ocean circulation says PhD student, Andrew McIntyre.
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Nature & Environment
Exploring the depth of the Antarctic ice sheet...
Within the comfort of my office and a computer model, Andreas Wernecke explains his research at The Open University.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Ever wondered where the phrase 'as mad as a hatter' came from? We take a look at some infamous cases of poisoning.
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Nature & Environment
When did the largest ocean current on Earth start?
How can fossil fish teeth allow us to understand past deep ocean circulation? PhD student, Sophie Alexander, explains...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Explainer: how hostile is space?
Invisible radiation in space creates a harsh environment to perform science in. This article written in 2014 by Ben Dryer, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Electronic Imaging at The Open University, explains more...
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Nature & Environment
Water: Managing the 1% in a climate changing world
Water is essential to all life on Earth. This article explores how climate change is challenging our ways of thinking about and managing this scarce resource.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Applied mathematics is a key skill for practicing engineers and mathematical modelling is an ever-increasing field within engineering. This free course, Introducing vectors for engineering applications, covers one aspect of a Level 1 engineering module, the application of vectors and vector algebra, using examples inspired by engineering ...
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Nature & Environment
Universities United
Reflections on how higher education institutions are working together to tackle climate change.