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Understanding Statements of participation
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Understanding Statements of participation

...OU-branded digital badges do not carry formal credit but enable you to demonstrate interest in a subject and commitment to your career, and are used to augment CVs and ePortfolios. You can show your digital badges to others by sharing them on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and by making them public (should you choose) on your My OpenLearn Profile. Instructions for sharing...
What's next for British wages?
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What's next for British wages?

...OU/BBC programme Can Britain Have a Payrise? highlights, the issue of low wages is not going away anytime soon. Indeed, it is a serious problem that British policymakers will have to take on regardless of party or ideology. However, the best way forward remains a matter of serious political debate. There remains much ambiguity as to how this issue should be properly...
Introducing computing and IT
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Introducing computing and IT

...become part of the background of our lives, until today when it is extremely unusual to find someone who has neither a home telephone nor a mobile phone. Just as the telephone changed from a status symbol to become simply another piece of the modern world, so the computer has made a similar transition...Introducing computing and IT: 1.2 The computer - There were very few...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
What does Marine LePen plan for France?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Marine LePen plan for France?

...students admitted to study medicine will be increased “to avoid the massive recruitment of foreign doctors”. Le Pen will outlaw surrogacy and same-sex marriages will be abolished (although this will not be retroactive). There is no mention, however, of reforming the law on abortion. French pride To restore French prestige, the military will take on 50,000 new recruits...
Introduction to the calculus of variations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to the calculus of variations

...students in printed books, with PDFs of the same online. This format ensures that mathematical notation is presented accurately and clearly. The PDF of this extract thus shows the content exactly as it would be seen by an Open University student. However, the extract isn't entirely representative of the module materials, because there are no explicit references to use of...
Kinematics of fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Kinematics of fluids

...students in printed books, with PDFs of the same online. This format ensures that mathematical notation is presented accurately and clearly. The PDF of this extract thus shows the content exactly as it would be seen by an Open University student. However, the extract isn't entirely representative of the module materials, because there are no explicit references to use of...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Linear programming – the basic ideas
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Linear programming – the basic ideas

...students in printed books, with PDFs of the same online. This format ensures that mathematical notation is presented accurately and clearly. The PDF of this extract thus shows the content exactly as it would be seen by an Open University student. However, the extract isn't entirely representative of the module materials, because there are no explicit references to use of...
DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
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DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...OU's programme website for Rough Science 1...Experiments with natural dyes The range of dye colours that can be obtained from nature is remarkably wide. However, many natural fibres like cotton and wool won't accept a dye without being treated with chemicals called mordants (from the Latin mordere meaning to bite). Mordants and modifiers Mordants are usually more...