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22/05/2012 - 17:11
Introduced to OU study in prison, Stephen turns his life around...
Stephen Pitt was introduced to OU study while serving time in prison for armed robbery. On his release he picked up study again, which gave him focus and helped turn his life around. Graduating in 2012, he tells his story...
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18/05/2012 - 10:34
Conversation with a computer or a human: can you tell the difference?
Can you tell the difference between a conversation with a human or a computer? Phil Perkins, the OU’s Professor of Archaeology, was one of four judges for the Loebner Prize at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes – testing the intelligence of computers… On the 15th May I was one of four judges for the Loebner Prize. This is a version of the Turing Test that...
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17/05/2012 - 16:16
Video: OU PhD puts sex, lies and politics under the microscope for new book
Donna Smith puts the media coverage of gay politicians under the microscope in a new book based on research for her OU PhD. Donna is a senior manager in the Faculty of Social Sciences as well as a tutor on DD131 and DD306. She’s just completed her PhD and poured her research findings into a book entitled Sex, Lies and Politics: Gay Politicians in the Press which offers analysis...
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22nd May 2012
'OU remains the UK's number one provider of online undergraduate degrees'
The Guardian has today published its University Guide stating “The Open University remains the UK's number one provider of online undergraduate degrees.” In the article, Niall Sclater, OU Director of Learning, Teaching and Quality, says: "We have 30,000 students under 25 and they are applying for degrees right across the board. School leavers usually have no problem with...
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21st May 2012
OU/BBC series takes a closer look at London fish markets
The first of three programmes on the London markets will be broadcast on Thursday 24 May at 9pm on BBC2 touching on issues of food security, climate change and our role in the global food system. This series is the story of the food we eat, told by the people who know it best – the buyers and sellers on the market floor, together with the many different...
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18th May 2012
Volunteers needed: Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Do you want to be part of a team helping to organise the next Commonwealth Games? Glasgow 2014 is seeking pre Games volunteers to help them prepare. There will only be 400 frontrunner (the organisers) Volunteer roles, some of which you can apply for now. The full Volunteer programme for up to 15,000 Volunteers will launch in January 2013. Glasgow 2014...
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell: How science was a man's world
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Weird Law quiz answers
Well done to all those brave enough to enter our Weird Law quiz. We had 34 entries, but only one was entirely correct. So congratulations to Matthew Keeler from Rainham in Kent who wins a...
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