Life sciences: Evolution in snails, the perils of looking after snakes and scientists on television
In this podcast we meet a herpetologist, or snake expert, from Wales and discuss genetic coding in snakes and research developments. We also meet David Robinson, a biologist and Senior Lecturer at the OU, who has been involved with OU television programmes for many years, and chat about what the future for science programming might look like. Finally, we chat to Jenny Worthington, a project officer at the OU, about the fantastic evolution meglab project. The interviews are recorded by OU staff a
It's Elementary: A Chemist's View
This podcast explores life at The Open University's Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences. We meet Dr Sotiris Missalidis, whose research into chemistry has contributed to one of our new courses. We chat to Ian Baines, a OU student currently studying chemistry and catch up with Professor Peter Taylor to talk about his work in broadcas ting and science. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Rough S
Research Stories
In this podcast we find out about fascinating research projects throughout the UK. Patricia Ragazzon chats to researchers from the University of Nottingham about innovations in nanotubes and David Smith finds out about how we might be able to grow a cure for malaria. We also talk to David Gamblin, an Associate Lecturer, about what he enjoys about working for the OU. The interviews are recorded by OU staff and the programme is hosted by Dr Mike Bullivant, also from the OU/BBC television series Ro
Social networks Introduction ‘Freedom’ can mean many different things. Here we're concerned with political freedom. Isaiah Berlin distinguished between a concept of negative freedom and a concept of positive freedom. You will examine these concepts and learn to recognise the difference between freedom from constraint and the freedom that comes from self-mastery or self-realisation. The following material is taken from the book Arguments for Freedom ‘1999’ authored by Nigel Warburton of The The Integrity of American Elections Episode 16: The Leap from Frogs to Plastic Solar Cells Episode 48: Researching Indigenous Health in Australia and New Zealand Professor Ian Anderson discusses contemporary approaches to health research and education for indigenous Australia. We also hear a New Zealand angle from Assoc Prof Papaarangi Reid of the University of Auckland. With host Jacky Angus. Excavating the internet Artful Science: Rethinking how the young learn Such a Long Journey: India’s Opening of its Capital Account Must Climate Change End The Platinum Age 2008 K R Narayanan Oration Why Environmentalism Needs Equity Biosecurity: Upgrading the Web of Prevention Sustainable Funding for Australia’s Future Health Care Promises & challenges in developing new vaccines, with a focus on diseases of the developing world How to Become a Millionaire without Losing your Soul Working Together for a Better Health Care System National Health Reform Series 3 Can local networks make a difference to primary health care Seduced by DNA: From Chromosomes to Cancer
Christopher Malloy, Assistant Professor of Finance, talks about his research into social networks, specifically about the connection between mutual funds managers and senior corporate board members.
On the eve of the 2006 U.S. elections, Professor Mayer, this year’s
holder of the Fulbright-ANU Distinguished Professorship in Political
Science, reviews the state of the electoral process in America asking
how effective the process of running elections in the United States is
and how it compares to the management of elections in Australia. In
light of the problems in Florida during the presidential election of
2000 and the subsequent passage of the Help America Vote Ac
Rodney Harrison, lecturer in heritage studies of The Open University, explains why he is doing archaeological research into Second Life, and what he has uncovered so far.
Anthropologists who study socialisation tend to do so in order to compare modes and values of child-rearing or to examine the role of language in child-rearing. Rarely have anthropologists attended to the ways in which children learn to discern, appreciate, and take part in forms of artful representation. Anthropologists have given only slightly more attention to the extent to which children and young people learn key science concepts and representational modes in their own cultural settings. Th
Chaired by Professor Robin Jeffrey, Convener of the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Presented by the Australia South Asia Research Centre, Research
School of Pacific & Asian Studies, ANU College of Asia & the
Pacific.
In this lecture, Suman K. Bery looked at the steps India needs to
take before it can fulfill its potential and become one of the world's
great economic powers. He focused on India’s management of its exchange
rate and monetary policy, including the opening of its
In the inaugural S.T. Lee Lecture on Asia and the Pacific Professor
Garnaut asks: How the risks of climate change will interact with the
'Platinum Age' of global economic growth? What are the limits for
global emissions within which the world will need to live if the risk
of dangerous climate change is to be kept within acceptable bounds?
What principles could be reasonably applied to the allocation of a
global emissions budget amongst countries? What global emissions budget
would make sense for
"Why Environmentalism Needs Equity: Learning from the environmentalism of the poor to build our common future". Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science & Environment; Director of the Society for Environmental Communications; and publisher of the fortnightly magazine 'Down to Earth', has been with the Centre from 1982 and has worked hard at analysing and studying the relationship between environment and development, and at creating public consciousness about the need for sus
In this lecture Professor Dando reviews international control of the
biotechnology revolution, the threat of deliberate disease - from
biowarfare, bioterrorism, and the possible misuse of benignly intended
civil research. He looks at the recent history of the Biological and
Toxin Weapons Convention and the emphasis on in-depth implementation of
the Convention including codes of conduct and education for life
scientists. Professor Dando argues that there is much evidence that
life scien
Like many other countries, Australia is facing significantly increased costs in the future in maintaining the health of its people. In coming decades we will have more people suffering from chronic and debilitating health conditions such as diabetes, a higher proportion of older people with complex health care needs and burgeoning costs from new diagnostic and treatment technologies including pharmaceuticals.
Another motivation for concern with current health financing arrangements is dupl
Learning how to harness the power of the immune system to combat infectious killers has been one of the most dramatic developments in the history of medicine. Eradication of smallpox and the near elimination of polio serve to remind us that the destiny of disease can be written by human ingenuity. These and other great feats continue to inspire us all as we strive to combat major infectious killers of the 21st Century. Success rarely comes easily and we are enormously challenge
One of the few attractive ways of escaping the current economic depression is to create new companies and new industries. Scientific research provides perhaps the best starting point. Just how this can be achieved is illustrated by successful examples from Oxford University. From the Chemistry Department alone six members of staff have become millionaires without giving up their university posts or being given dispensation from duties.
Professor W. Graham Richards graduated in Chemistry from Bra
Research findings and government reports indicate Australia's primary health care workforce is facing significant challenges and is lagging behind in its use of teamwork approaches. The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report finds that multi-disciplinary teams could help provide better primary health care services. However, getting GPs, nurses and other health care professionals to work together requires inter-professional learning. Professor Debra Humphris provided an overview o
Professor Ian Chubb, Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University, and the Honourable Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, launched the National Health Reform Series in Committee Room 2s1, Parliament House, Canberra on 19 November at 10.30am. The topic of the launch event was, 'Can we fix the health system without reforming the workforce?' The series is being presented by ANU and supported by the Australian Primary
In this lecture, Professor Cory will give a personal perspective on her
career, covering how she came to become a molecular biologist and how
her fascination with chromosomes led her into cancer research and the
quest to develop better cancer drugs.
This lecture was sponsored by the ANU College of Science as part of their 2006 Dean's Lecture Series.
