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24/03/2011 - 13:25
How to drive the eco-friendly way...
Stephen Potter, Professor of Transport Strategy at the OU, on why adapting your transport habits to aid the environment really isn’t that difficult… Transport is one of the most challenging areas to cut our carbon footprint because it is so ingrained in all we do. At the OU we are taking part in research looking at radically cleaner transport technologies,...
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23/03/2011 - 09:53
How to tackle climate change at home
Robin Roy, Professor of Design and Environment, Design Innovation Group, Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology, on tackling climate change at home... Homes are responsible for more than a quarter (27 per cent) of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the UK; mainly carbon dioxide released when burning gas for household heating and hot water and generating electricity...
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22/03/2011 - 14:40
Three thousand miles away, OU fixes it for 10-year-old John
A 10-year-old boy's dream of becoming a police officer in Ghana is about to come a step closer - with the gift of a laptop, refurbished by the OU's IT team. John Eshun's (pictured foreground) plight was brought to the University's notice by one of his schoolteachers whose own work has been helped by the OU's TESSA - teaching in Sub-Saharan Africa -...
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8th November 2012
New privacy game explores the cost of telling all online
A game which looks at how much personal information people are willing to reveal freely online - and the implications of that -has been launched on Facebook by OU researchers. The online version of the game, which was developed by Dr Kirstie Ball and researchers at the OU’s Business School, is designed to communicate and explore privacy and consent issues. It forms...
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6th November 2012
OU announces ‘mobile degree app’ called OUAnywhere
The OU is announcing OUAnywhere, a new initiative that will allow students to access and download texts and audio visual materials for all its undergraduate degrees via apps for their smartphones and tablets. Due for release in the first quarter of 2013, OUAnywhere puts all a student needs to study their degree in their hands. Undergraduates will be able to access all Level 1 and 2 (30 and 60...
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5th November 2012
OU study tripled my salary
Watch this video interview with OU graduate Gordon MacKay who's managed to triple his salary and find success in the workplace thanks to his OU qualifications. Gordon left the Royal Navy in the 1970s with no qualifications and later embarked on a journey with The Open University in which he's gained skills, confidence and a handful of qualifications. Here he tells his emotional story, on the day...
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