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Money & Business

Risk management

...English Dictionary (OED) However, there are other definitions of risk: A situation involving exposure to danger, the possibility that something unpleasant or unwelcome will happen, a person or thing regarded as a threat or likely source of danger, a possibility of harm or damage against which something is insured, a person or thing regarded as likely to turn out well or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...English Channel and on men on polar expeditions failed to reveal any firm association between thickness of superficial adipose tissue and the capacity to withstand exposure to cold. Nonetheless, statements that subcutaneous adipose tissue is superficial because it is essential to insulation still appear in many recent textbooks. SAQ 27 How could you test the hypothesis...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Advanced German: Regional landscapes
Languages

Advanced German: Regional landscapes

...English and German. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L313 Variationen: advanced German...Advanced German: Regional landscapes: Learning outcomes - At the end of this course you will be able to: speak or write about certain landscapes, regions and political structures in Germany, Austria and Switzerland speak or write about views...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...ENGLISH] TYLER WAYE Or the Apollo mission, a group of people saying we hear you we’ve got you. And all of our talents are on the line to get you home. That’s teamwork. Think about the Beatles, all of that music that we know of theirs, all of it was made in about eight years-- just eight years. They were that incredible as a team. Great teams, I mean, they’re not...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...English’, or this infographic from the OER Research Hub explains them for teachers. For its OpenLearn project the OU selected a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. There are three elements to this licence: Attribution – anyone reusing this content needs to attribute the OU as the original creators. They can’t pass it off as their own...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...English Science Art Mark achieved 64 14 72 56 Possible total mark 80 20 120 70 Calculate her percentage mark for each subject. Answer Maths: 64 divided by 80 × 100 = 80% English: 14 divided by 20 × 100 = 70% Science: 72 divided by 120 × 100 = 60% Art: 56 divided by 70 × 100 = 80% Susan is planting her flower beds. She plants 13 yellow flowers, 18 white flowers and 9...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...English Science Art Mark achieved 64 14 72 56 Possible total mark 80 20 120 70 Calculate her percentage mark for each subject. Answer Maths: 64 divided by 80 × 100 = 80% English: 14 divided by 20 × 100 = 70% Science: 72 divided by 120 × 100 = 60% Art: 56 divided by 70 × 100 = 80% Susan is planting her flower beds. She plants 13 yellow flowers, 18 white flowers and 9...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...English language. In French, the word play means to play an instrument and to play as children, but it also means where something ‘has a little play’ in it, where it offers up an opportunity for a bit of movement. The role of playing in inquiry, of seeing what materials, processes, ideas ‘have a little play’ in them, allows us to find where we might move our...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs