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Richard Feynman: bongo playing Nobel laureate
Introductory Level
Updated 05 Mar 2013
Richard Feynman: theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate, educator, practical joker, bongo player, shameless self-publicist, polymath, or simply, genius; take your pick
A partial history of OU adventures in lego engineering
Introductory Level
Duration 30 mins
Updated 07 Dec 2012
Radio 4's More or Less looked at the force required to crush Lego bricks. Tony Hirst digs through 20 years of Lego at the OU...
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Engineering: The nature of problems
Intermediate Level
Duration 40 hours
Updated 23 May 2013
Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for food and shelter to...
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Intermediate Level
Duration 40 hours
Updated 23 May 2013
Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for food and shelter to...
Tay Bridge disaster
Masters Level
Duration 20 hours
Updated 23 May 2013
The sudden collapse of Scotland's Tay Bridge in 1879 killed more than 70 rail passengers and shocked the population. An extensive inquiry was carried out,...
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Engineering: professions, practice and skills 1
Introductory Level
Duration 300 hours
Updated 26 Apr 2013
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This course, which includes a one-week residential school, explores the professional practice and skills of engineers including their ethics and approaches to safety.The course offers...
Advanced routing - CCNP 1
Masters Level
Duration 300 hours
Updated 14 Apr 2013
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This course provides the knowledge, understanding and skills to deploy and manage internal and external routing protocols for large scale inter-networks using Cisco equipment.Upon completion...
Professional practice portfolio
Masters Level
Duration 300 hours
Updated 14 Apr 2013
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This integrative assessment course provides engineering professionals with a framework for development and is an essential element of the Certificate of Nuclear Professionalism (CoNP).If after...
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