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Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, Oxford University Press; Figure 4 adapted from: Courtesy of Audrey Brown. 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...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B126 Business data analytics and decision making....Data analysis: visualisations in Excel: Introduction - The objectives of this course are to explore ways to visualise data sets in Excel, familiarise yourself with Excel functions and explore the relationship(s) between variables. [A graphical illustration of...
Digital communications
Digital & Computing

Digital communications

...Open University, you may wish to explore the courses we offer in this curriculum area. By using optical fibre, very high data rates (gigabits per second and higher) can be transmitted over long distances (tens of kilometres) without amplifiers or regenerators. Optical fibre has completely superseded copper wires as the primary medium for cabled transmission over long...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Prices, location and spread
Science, Maths & Technology

Prices, location and spread

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course M140 Introducing statistics...Prices, location and spread: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: find the mean and median of a batch of data find the weighted mean of two or more numbers find the lower and upper quartiles, interquartile range and five-figure summary of a batch of...
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...Open University’s Health and Social Care courses and qualifications....Session 1: Introduction: Introduction - We are all aware of improvements in the United Kingdom (UK) population’s life expectancy. Less well recognised is that the life expectancy of people with learning disabilities has also improved and over half are now aged over forty-five. The majority of those...
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...course which relies on having a sound scientific knowledge, but if you haven’t chosen those subjects at GCSE level, it’s important to remember that there’s another course that can be done with a pre-medical foundation year so that people can get into medical school with humanities type subjects. That course isn’t a course for having failed to do well in the...
Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course EE817 Applied linguistics and English language...Language in the real world: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and describe the key features of (human) language and languages understand what applied linguistics is explore different contexts where language is a...
Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...badge. Badged courses are a key part of The Open University’s mission to promote the educational wellbeing of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and......