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Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...concept of the gene as the unit of inheritance understand that sexual reproduction always includes two distinctive processes: the production of gametes, which involves meiosis, and fertilisation. understand that a particular phenotypic character is determined by the two copies of a gene that an organism possesses and these two copies are identical in a pure-breeding...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Estimating the cost of equity
Money & Business

Estimating the cost of equity

...concepts and issues covered. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B858 Introduction to corporate finance...Estimating the cost of equity: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: select and justify a suitable risk-free rate and equity risk premium for use in determining the expected return for a share...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...concepts of energy, work, power and efficiency, then briefly investigates the different types of energy available, their sources and renewability. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Science...Energy resources: An introduction to energy resources: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the difference...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...concept) and issues of obsolete stock. A key issue is that the external environment often changes faster than operations can adapt. Similarly, there are internal pressures to cope with new ideas or innovation, such as new product introductions. As Walley (2017) states, operations managers are often responsible for the delivery of strategy or ideas, even when they have had...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks
History & The Arts

Never trust a pirate: Christiaan Huygens’s Longitude Clocks

...des sçavans, together with extracts of his letter to Chapelain. I say almost verbatim, because at several points in the narrative phrases have been inserted: ‘having there adjusted his Watches’, ‘having a great confidence in the said Watches’. The same account translated into Dutch eventually featured as the unique account of a sea-trial of pendulum clocks to be...
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Article 10 mins
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

...de Janeiro, world-champion athletes and sport commentators — who also happen to be women — have faced offensive slights about everything from their choice of summer dress, to the gold-medal "catfights." Credit for their accomplishments has also been thrown to the men in their lives, too. (Yes, for real.) On Sunday, The Chicago Tribune identified U.S. medallist Corey...
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Article 5 mins
Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity

...des Plantes, Levrault, Schell & Co., Paris. Kohn, D.D. and Walsh, D.M. 1994. Plant species richness – the effect of island size and habitat diversity. Journal of Ecology, 82, 367–377. Linder, H.P. 2005. The evolution of diversity: the Cape flora. Trends in Plant Science, 10, 537–542. MacArthur, R.H. and Wilson, E.O. 1967. The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton...
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Article 20 mins
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...prompts the glorious set-piece speech from Jaques that follows. As you read the speech, think about the following question: Can you characterise the overall tone of this speech? Is it jokey? Or serious? Or both? What details in the speech would you say have contributed to this tone? When you have finished, click ‘Reveal discussion’. JAQUES All the world’s a stage,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs