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
References 5 Conclusion: you know many things ‘Writing what you know’ is a large and rich project, one that provides an endless resource, and one that can be undertaken in all the types of writing discussed in this unit – poetry, fiction and life writing. The skill lies in reawakening your senses to the world around you, and then using what you find with discrimination. By realising the potentials of your own life experience, you will be collecting the materials necessary in order to write. ‘Writing what you know’ can Acknowledgements This unit was written by Dr Derek Neale Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce Acknowledgements This unit was written by Dr Nigel Warburton
Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to repro 4.2 Further reading The complete text of Isaiah Berlin's essay ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ is contained in his Four Essays on Liberty (Oxford University Press, 1969). This book also contains an essay on John Stuart Mill's theory of liberty. A wider-ranging selection of Berlin's essays is The Proper Study of Mankind (Pimlico, 1998). This also includes the full text of ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’. The best commentary on Berlin's writings is Isaiah Berlin (Fontana, 1995) by John G 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 downturn is an opportunity for company transformation Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should be able to: recognise and discuss selected library texts from the Renaissance to the present; know how to approach literary texts in terms of genre, gender and the canon; understand and be able to apply technical analytical terms; engage in close analysis of narrative and poetic language; recognise performance is an interpretation of dramatic texts; engage in comparative Excavating the internet Socratic Forum: That Canberra is Taking Too Much Power from The States Three Generations of Distance Education Pedagogy: Challenges and Opportunities Consequences of the War on Terrorism: George Soros Engaging Developers with Open Source Projects - "Life of a Wookie" References Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and c Bio-security for a New Era Interviewing artists in the classroom Left in the Dust The Oxford interview - Open Days Hypoxia Zone: Modeling Stratified Waters
Don Sull, Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International Management explains how downturns open a window of opportunity and provide the rationale for difficult decisions that might be considered too extreme in normal circumstances
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.
In this debate, ANU plays host to a number of influential public
figures including ACT Attorney General Simon Corbell; Dr Clive
Hamilton, The Australia Institute; Professor Peter Bailey, ANU; Channel
10's Political Commentator, Paul Bongiorno; Karen Middleton, SBS; and
Charles Sampford from the Institute of Ethics Governance and Law.
Speakers contest a vigorous debate on issues surrounding Commonwealth-State Relations in Australia.
The Socratic Forum is part of a national discussion series aime
Professor Terry Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Distance Education, Athabasca University, Canada, has an incredible knowledge of online learning, and his work on the uses of technology in support of open and distance education is at the forefront of research in this area. He will address the challenges of expanding access to high quality distance learning and the growing opportunities to create and sustain learning connections using both old and new approaches to distance education.
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Consequences of the War on Terrorism Introduced by Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
George Soros
Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Institute, Financier, Philanthropist, and author of The Age of Fallibility: The Consequences of the War on Terrorism
Lowell Bergman
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for Public Service, and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor of Investigative Reporting at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism
Dana Priest
Author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journ
At the University of Bolton a component of a publicly funded research project entered The Apache Software Foundation incubator. Apache emphasizes community, and in this talk Scott explains the value of community to Wookie. In this talk Scott Wilson discusses what is the value of external contribution, how the project should be run to allow external contributors to become part of the core project, and the reasons behind some of the "bureaucracy" that prospective contributors sometimes don't unde
Secrets: The Ethics of Concealment and the Ethics of Science in Synthetic Biological Research
Dr. Laurie Zoloth, Center for Bioethics, Science and Society, Northwestern University
Increasingly sophisticated techniques allow for increasing powerful and creative tools of biology to create new or altered forms of life. Such synthetic biology may offer unprecedented avenues for drug development, alternate energy sources, and medical therapeutics. Yet increasing unease also mounts about the possibl
Inviting guests into your classroom can enrich students' learning experiences, but teaching students to ask good questions is crucial. This article explains how to prepare students to interview guests and how to teach them to ask good, open-ended question
We think nothing of jumping in the car no matter what the weather, but a century ago open cars and dirt roads made it difficult to look good after a drive. This motoring coat protected early-day road warriors from the elements.
What happens at an Oxford University Open Day? Mike Nicholson talks to Ruth Gull and Peter Williams both of whom have been involved with running Open Days. This podcast will be of particular interest to those who are thinking of attending an Open Day at Oxford University.
Sampling of aquatic microorganisms reveals a surprising feature of many open water systems - stratification.
Students can model the effects of reducing nutrient loads to surface waters on microbial populations and oxygen levels within the Mississippi River basin and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Zone.
Planktonic and benthic microbes occupy distinct zones in stratified water columns. Explore how the benthic consumer populations respond to environmental cues such as changes in sunlight, wind effects, o
