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Introduction to the Amazon System
Nature & Environment

Introduction to the Amazon System

...management sustains and enhances the Amazon’s ecology. The Amazon’s natural resources The Amazon is the location of vast natural resources: from mineral ores (iron, aluminium, manganese, uranium, copper, gypsum, nickel and gold), fossil fuel reserves (petroleum, gas and lignite), renewable energy potential (through hydroelectric dams), timber and agricultural land....
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Introduction to complex analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to complex analysis

...Introduction to complex analysis, is an extract from the third level Open University course M337 Complex Analysis, which develops the theory of functions of a complex variable, emphasising their geometric properties and indicating some applications...This free course, Introduction to complex analysis, is an extract from the third level Open University course M337 Complex...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Stories of Change Introduction
Nature & Environment

Stories of Change Introduction

Joe Smith, Professor of Environment and Society at the Open University, introduces Stories of Change. ...Transcript © ​ The Open University Transcript My name’s Joe Smith. I’m Professor of Environment and Society at the Open University. I’m here to introduce a body of interviews about energy and climate change with leading figures from around the world. The interviews...
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Video 5 mins
Discover Mercury: Introduction
Science, Maths & Technology

Discover Mercury: Introduction

November 11th sees the Transit of Mercury. Get to know the planet we're starting to find out a whole lot more about. ...Mercury will pass across the face of the Sun on 11 November 2019. This will be visible from the UK and western Europe. Mercury is also the target of the European Space Agency’s mission BepiColombo. This is a joint enterprise with the Japanese space...
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Article 30 mins
The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

The apple has become a contested political symbol of rural Britain versus the need to keep up with mass markets, and as the policing of pleasure increases, in an attempt to deal with social problems such as binge drinking, the new politics of food has a far reaching impact...Video Audio Text Commentary The humble apple, and cider, one of its most pleasurable products,...
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Video 5 mins
Integrated health, safety and environmental management
Science, Maths & Technology

Integrated health, safety and environmental management

...management... Integrated health, safety and environmental management A brief introduction to this album. Risk and biscuit manufacture Fox's biscuit factory might not seem a terribly dangerous place, but in fact there are many risks involved with biscuit manufacture, and Fox's have evolved a stringent and complex health and safety policy. Minimising risk How Fox's have...
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Audio 1 hr 11 mins
Can you manage a supply chain?
Money & Business

Can you manage a supply chain?

...manage the process for one of the UK's most popular items - cans of baked beans! The goal is simple - keep your supply chain costs as low as possible and your customers happy. An introduction to the Supply Chain game Dr Paul Walley of The Open University provides the story behind the game in a short video below. Transcript DR PAUL WALLEY Many years ago a professor from...
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Activity 10 mins
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...manager both significant and necessary. Government thinking, together with profound changes in society generally, will affect every institution both in terms of pedagogy and the physical environment, particularly technology and levels of security employed. This free course, School business manager: Developing the role, will look at how you, an existing or aspiring...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs