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Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...de facto, even if that home is a makeshift shelter in a slum. We hear a lot in the media about a housing crisis where supply falls short of demand, and there is no doubt that government policy needs to address this so that everyone can find somewhere affordable and decent to live. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DB125 You and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 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
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...De Rerum Natura used quite different methods to explore the natural world, not least in its use of poetry to explain such diverse topics as the weather, geological features, or the human body. The question of organising knowledge becomes even more pressing when we turn to the Library of Alexandria, for this was a collection that, many people believe, was intended to hold...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...de (lit. should be) By saying this, the speaker thinks what he/she did is his/her duty. Note that people respond to xièxie with different expressions depending on the context. The important thing is to be polite and show your gratitude. Activity 4...Week 2: Responding to greetings: 4 Personal pronouns - Now have a go at Activity 5 below which looks at personal pronouns....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...de España delivered its verdicts. Of the 28 defendants in the trial, 21 were found guilty on a range of charges from forgery to murder. In the early stages of the investigation a blue plastic bag containing detonators was found near the scene of the bombings at a railway station. A print was taken from the bag and the FBI in the USA was sent a digital copy of the print....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Digital & Computing

Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration

...not very good Skype for Business calls before pandemic and that really being a very second-class experience for the people who are at the other end of that call. Whereas now, we've really kind of learned how to use Teams in the best way we can and learned how to use Zoom or whatever technology somebody is using, Google Meet. We now switch between them with relative ease. Like what were we worried about before? We just do it.......
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...FAQs). If it has, you should at least scan the existing messages to see if your points have been addressed. Don’t feel you have to post immediately. Take your time to see what is being discussed and get a feel for the group you’re joining. This very sensible behaviour has the unfortunate name of lurking but is quite acceptable online. If you want to post, many...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...classes of antiviral drugs are used to combat influenza: neuraminidase inhibitors and M2 protein inhibitors. Why are antibiotics not used to combat influenza? Influenza is a virus. Antibiotics only work against bacteria. Neuraminidase inhibitors Recall from Section 2.1 that neuraminidase is an enzyme that is present on the virus envelope and cleaves sialic acid groups...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs