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Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...Table 1. Our calculated value is less than the magnitude of acceleration of a high-speed train, but within the same order of magnitude, and if we think about how slowly a train accelerates as it initially begins to move, then this comparison sounds about right. Table 1 Approximate magnitudes of acceleration OBJECT APPROXIMATE MAGNITUDE OF ACCELERATION (M S−2)...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

...Table 1 presents data from the Carers Week Research Report in 2020 that captured information of those who were caring before the COVID-19 pandemic and those who found themselves in this new role after the start of the outbreak. Table 1 Demographics of unpaid carers (Carers UK, 2020a) ALL UNPAID CARERS UNPAID CARERS ALREADY PROVIDING UNPAID CARE BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...de los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Perryman, L.A., Pitt, R. and Weller, M. (2014) ‘OER Evidence Report 2013–2014’, OER Research Hub [online], http://oro.open.ac.uk/ 41866/ (accessed 1 July 2019). Downes, S. (2001) ‘Learning objects: resources for distance education worldwide’, IRRODL, vol. 2, no. 1 [online], http://www.irrodl.org/ index.php/ irrodl/ article/ view/...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...table organisations that provide information for service users, sources of advice and support. Many have discussion forums and/or social media pages where people can talk with others in the same or similar circumstances, e.g. AgeUK, the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK. Pharmacies, GP consultations and private care services are also often available online....
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...table (we are not told why he is there or why he must apologise). The critic Hugh Kenner has described the opening of Portrait as ‘contrapuntal’, and there are certainly at least two contrasting perspectives revealed in this extract; what Kenner calls ‘an Aristotelian catalogue of senses, faculties, and mental activities’ combined with ‘the unfolding of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...des parties du corps animal [Treatises on the Sensitive and Irritable Nature of Parts of the Animal Body], 1756–60, in which he discussed the results of his investigations on the physiology of nerves and muscles. Vivisection on animals, as is shown taking place here, was a staple procedure of the research. Note also the collection of foetuses preserved in jars and the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...de théâtre – she makes an entry dressed like a woman, along with Celia and Hymen, the classical god of marriage. As you read the extract, make some notes on the following questions: What is the tone of this extract? How does it differ from the tone of the previous two extracts? When you have finished, click ‘Reveal discussion’. The numbered footnotes in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...de Andalucía (Seville) © SENER Many new houses have solar panels built into the fabric of the building (for example those in Figure 10b, above) and it is an area that will become increasingly important in our future energy generation. The solar panel technology has been developing since the invention of photovoltaic technology (which is the technology used in solar...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs