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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...adapt to large crises. Crises can massively disrupt the framework of norms people usually inhabit - things taken for granted can no longer be assumed. This is the context the UK and practically any country is finding itself in now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Panic buying at the beginning of the UK’s mobilisation efforts around the 20th March illustrates some of the...
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Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds
Society, Politics & Law

Syria, Spitsbergen and Seeds

...adaptation which would be helpful to the plants we grow today. For example, that old wheat plant might be very good at tolerating drought, a trait which could be vital if rainfall patterns change. Or, it might produce a grain high in a particular vitamin, again, really important if we’re to ensure that everyone in the world is well nourished by the foods they eat. So...
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Working on your own mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Working on your own mathematics

...Licence. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses This free course is adapted from a former Open University course: ME825 Researching mathematics learning....
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Children and young people’s participation
Education & Development

Children and young people’s participation

...adapted from a former Open University course called Children and young people's worlds: frameworks for integrated practice (E807). Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...adapted extract from the Open University course A328 Empire: power, resistance, legacies. Course image information: oil painting on cotton cloth depicting the Battle of Adwa, 2 March 1896. The image shows Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia (centre) and Empress Taitu (bottom left) leading their troops to victory against the Italian army. You can find out more about this...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: skills for digital transformation

...adaption (i.e. implementation of remote-working solutions) in an average of 11 days which pre-COVID may have taken years to implement (McKinsey & company, 2020). This has changed our ways of working and the associated digital capabilities we need in an unprecedented way, but the pandemic has also widened the digital divide – ‘the gap between people who have easy...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...adapt to that warming; but they disagree with perhaps the rate of change that’s been predicted – they think it’s slower or at the lower end of predictions, and perhaps they don’t really agree with the kind of standard, fairly accepted mitigation options out there. I know Nick particularly well because he actually comes to a lot of scientific conferences now and he...
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Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...adapted extract from the Open University course LGXS002 Beginners Spanish 2: ¡En marcha!...Week 2: Everyday activities: 1 Everyday activities - In this activity you will learn vocabulary relating to everyday activities and how to say when you usually do them. Activity 1 Listen to this clip as various people are asked about their everyday activities. Then look at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs