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Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...adapted from Figure 1.1, Freeman et al., 2007, p. 7) The inner circle of the diagram – directly circling ‘The organisation’ – depicts the primary stakeholders. These are individuals and groups that have a direct, specific interest in how the organisation is run, its mission, its effectiveness and other day-to-day issues. The outer tier depicts the secondary...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...adapted for the circular proportions of Pisanello’s medal, was in turn used as the compositional basis for the equestrian portrait on the reverse of Costanzo’s medal of Mehmet 40 years later. Figure 17a Costanzo da Ferrara, medal of Mehmet II, 1481, bronze, diameter 12 cm, obverse (portrait), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Douce collection. Figure 17b Costanzo da Ferrara,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...adapted extract from the Open University course S384 Astrophysics of stars and exoplanets. ...The formation of exoplanets: Introduction - The idea that our Solar System may not be unique, and that there might be planets orbiting other stars (or exoplanets), has been around for a long time. Important principles that underpin exoplanet research today were foretold by key...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...adapting to it and buffering ourselves from it is certainly a smart investment as well. RH: You’re an earth systems scientist, you don’t just worry about carbon dioxide; you worry about the whole earth system, and if we need to turn across so much of our land to say forestry to grow trees that we can suck the CO2 out of, we will be losing the biodiversity of the...
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Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...adapted to having direct access to a global audience? Northwestern University's Michelle R Martinelli reports that, while participants are hemmed in by the rules of the International Olympic Committee, those who engage find it can help their performance: Because of the messages she sent and received from her fans in London, three-time beach volleyball Olympic gold...
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A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...adapted to its environment. How does natural selection occur? The variations that occur are as a result of changes that are produced at the genetic level. They occur as an organism's genes mutate and/or recombine in different ways during reproduction and are passed on to future generations. Genes are the portions of an organism's DNA that carry the code responsible for...
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Article 30 mins
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...adapted extract from the Open University course S827 Concept to clinic...Drug development process: combating pain: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: appreciate the intrinsic difficulties associated with developing a drug molecule from conception into a medicine suitable for clinical use appreciate how molecular modelling can be used in...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Nuclear power: friend or foe?
Society, Politics & Law

Nuclear power: friend or foe?

...adapted from a former Open University course called Earth in crisis: environment policy in an international context (DU311). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following source for permission to reproduce material in this course: Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs