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Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...management for the requirement that DNPH is kept wet at all times. The issue of concern for DNPH is that the molecule has an inherent level of structural instability that puts it in the explosives risk category, indeed its storage is governed by the Explosives Regulations, the same regulations that are in place to cover fireworks, civil use explosives (demolition), and...
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Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...manager of mental health services, it shocks me how little I was ever taught about this process, experienced by everyone with female sex organs. Now I am making up for lost time educating and agitating. While positive for some, this transition can also be accompanied by grief at the loss of years of life that might have been better. Arts, talking, nature, sound, and low...
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What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?

...management or international development. Some of the courses may cover similar topics but do note that they are set at different levels - introductory (Level 1) through intermediate (level 2) to advanced (level 3) - or can take different times to study, from 1 hour to 75 hours! One of them, Mastering systems thinking in practice, is specifically designed as a primer for...
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Article 10 mins
Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences
Education & Development

Let’s Talk About Uni – a podcast about real student experiences

...managing your finances and living independently, as well as Student Finance and practical ways to juggle a job and your studies. Episode 5: Can I make the leap to higher academic study? Are you worried about the challenges of university study? What is higher education study actually like? In this episode we get to grips with academic life at university. We hear about real...
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Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...Introduction - In this course you will explore participation in extreme sports and be introduced to the multidisciplinary approach to examining topics. There are many examples of activities that are considered extreme owing to their high-risk nature, such as parkour, base jumping and freestyle skiing. In this course you will focus predominantly on extreme endurance...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
MSE’s Academy of Money Badge icon
Money & Business

MSE’s Academy of Money

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Modelling events in time, is an extract from the Open University course M343 Applications of probability, a third level course that develops ideas about probability and random processes that were introduced in the Open University course M248 Analysing data....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Group theory

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Group theory, is an extract from the Open University course M303 Further pure mathematics, a third level course that introduces important topics in the theory of pure mathematics including: number theory; the algebraic theory of rings and fields; and metric...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs