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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...Grid', © 1964, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas; T205 Concept File 3 'Groups and Teamwork' pp. 5–63 Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Half man, half circuit: Who are the people who are choosing to become cyborgs?

...open the sandy-haired 18-year-old’s finger. “After this he cuts with a scalpel on the side of my finger – yes, he cuts my finger open,” Michael recalled moments later, looking decidedly pale as he smiled nervously before the flashing cameras. After sterilising the table and numbing Michael’s finger with a local anaesthetic, “he uses – I don’t really know...
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Article 10 mins
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Money & Business

Risk management

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Session 2: Establishing the context: Introduction - In Session 1 you started learning about risk management. It defined what is meant by ‘risk’, and discussed why managing risk is important, what happens when risk is well managed and what can happen when it...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...resources, decline in open spaces and biodiversity Cognitive factors Transfer of ideas regarding healthcare provision Change in lifestyles resulting from advertising and marketing of health-damaging products...Population ageing: a global health crisis?: 6.2 How does globalisation impact on health of older people? - In this last activity you explored how globalisation can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...Open-loop recycling. * Resources Materials found in the environment that can be extracted from the environment in an economic process. There are abiotic resources (non-renewable) and biotic resources (renewable). * Scope The agreed boundaries of a risk assessment and the risks to be assessed within those boundaries. * Shareholders Any person or organisation that holds...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
United Nations Day
Society, Politics & Law

United Nations Day

...resources to look at the evolution of human rights, peace and international interventions...[knotted gun, UN headquarters] United Nations Headquarters UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security...
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Article 5 mins
Hospital: Dementia patients
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: Dementia patients

...January - this time, he was found wandering semi-naked by police and brought to A&E. Unpredictable and prone to outbursts of challenging behaviour, Stanley isn't coping well at home. His family are keen for the hospital to find him a nursing home place, but it won't be easy. Not every nursing home will have the skills and resources to manage Stanley's demanding behaviour....
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Video 5 mins
The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas

...Open University’s David Brannan and Phil Rippon, ‘From Fractions to Formulas’ is a light-hearted parody of the Wizard of Oz (pronounced "Oh-Zed"), in which the traditional characters are replaced by mathematical concepts, including fractions and Pi, that come together in an enactment of the pioneering mathematician, Leonard Euler's formula: e^(i Pi) = -1. The...
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Audio 1 hr 35 mins