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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...education are obscure – we know he spent a year at the University of St Andrews in his early teens, but not what he did or learned thereafter – but it is not implausible that he became aware of mediaeval studies of motion at some stage. Reading 2: Proposition 1 of On Spirals (b) Proposition 1 If a point move at a uniform rate along any line, and two lengths be taken...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Introducing the voluntary sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Introducing the voluntary sector

...education and health. These services are provided through income from taxation and, in the UK, national insurance. The private sector includes organisations and individuals that provide goods and services and their primary aim is to make a profit; for example, shops, manufacturers, financial services, etc. Profits are distributed to owners and shareholders as well as...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...de Maupertuis proposed the spontaneous generation and extinction of organisms as part of his theory of origins. However, he advanced no theory of evolution. Georges-Louis Leclerc, a prominent naturalist of the time, explicitly considered, and rejected, the possible descent of several species from a common ancestor. The physician Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles...
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Article 30 mins
Murals in Belfast
OpenLearn Ireland

Murals in Belfast

...education, or you could call them mobilisation of support, but whatever, in the first instance they’re about the local community. As time has gone on, they’ve had some other functions, to some extent. Loyalists in particular have done sort of territory-marking murals, but that’s mostly against other Loyalist groups. And also, increasingly in the peace process, some...
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Article 5 mins
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...education to counter discrimination, prejudice and injustice, and offers confidential email, social meetings and educational material. The Inclusive Mosque Initiative is ‘an intersectional feminist mosque devoted to creating safer spaces for marginalised Muslims … including women, nonbinary and queergender people’...Diversity in religion: Islam: What next? - Check...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...educational advisers and other staff with subject-specific expertise. They can provide advice and guidance both on module choice and on qualification planning. If there is a specific subject area you would like to concentrate your study on, they can help ensure you include the necessary pre-requisite modules to help you succeed in the later stages of your qualification....
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...de Bondt, 1998). Even within the field of financial economics, there is increasing interest in developing theories of market behaviour which take better account of how people really make decisions (e.g. see Fenton-O'Creevy et al., 2004). One of the leading exponents of this emerging field of behavioural finance, Werner de Bondt, suggests that: For at least forty years...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...education means that every child must receive quality instruction so that they're able to read, write, and count and develop their mental and physical abilities so they can reach their full potential as adults. The right to food means that every child must have enough healthy food so they have strong and healthy bodies. The right to health means that children must be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs