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Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...classes: Primary stakeholders − people who will actually use the system – the end-users. Secondary stakeholders − people who do not directly use the system, but receive output from it or provide input to it (for example, someone who receives a report produced by the system). Tertiary stakeholders − people who do not fall into either of the first two categories but...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...classed as ‘could occur but is not common’ (ranking of 3). This gives a risk rating of between 2 × 5 = 10 and 3 × 5 = 15. Taking the prudent approach, a rating of 15 means that the activity should not take place. In the short term, use of the vessel should cease while measures are put in place. This could involve relocating the system outside the building or in an...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...De-hydration can lead to a very poor performance so keeping optimally hydrated throughout the day as well as during training and competition is very important. Often carrying a large bottle of water with you is the best way to ensure you drink throughout the day. Audio 1 Mick Curry The diet is very, very important. It’s no good doing what some people do and eating junk...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. Now get started with Session 1...Session 2: Units of measure: Introduction - You come across problems requiring calculation every day. These problems could be related to...
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Free course 48 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...de Dieu by Maître François, between 1475 and 1480 CE. That is not all. This is also a story about Herodotus’ brand of history. At first glance, this episode, on which Herodotus leads on seems curiously trivial, even gossipy. Yet by taking us into the bedroom Herodotus promises insight into power dynamics that have repercussions for an entire kingdom and beyond. Much...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...class myself as environmentally concerned. I feel like the world environmentalist, these days at least, implies environmental activist, and I am not an active activist, but I’m certainly someone that cares about the environment, that’s interested and thinks we’re having serious effects on the environment, and also I’m a lecturer in Environmental Sciences, so in...
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Audio 5 mins
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...class knows of in his times. [Ralph Waldo Emerson] Ralph Waldo Emerson The Genius of our life is jealous of individuals, and will not have any individual great, except through the general. There is no choice to genius. A great man does not wake up on some fine morning, and say, "I am full of life, I will go to sea, and find an Antarctic continent: to-day I will square the...
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Article 15 mins
School geography: Exploring a definition
Education & Development

School geography: Exploring a definition

...class discussion can be held, guided by questions such as: Who emigrated from Ireland? Who stayed? Analyse this differentiation. For what reasons did the brothers emigrate? How did migration benefit BOTH the place of origin and the place of destination of the migrant? Who returned? Why? There is a need to open out the discussion. For homework it would be fun – and very...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs