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Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...OU's Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership. Live near the coast? Get involved with cleaning up coastal environments - discover more with our free content. Use your digital knowledge to help someone less web-savvy get online with our learning resources. Take small steps to do your bit for the environment and find out more about environmental issues. Find out more about a...
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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...
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What's next for British wages?
Money & Business

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...
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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...becoming demented, one of the conditions for which PARO therapy has generated particular interest. Shibata reports that his robots can reduce anxiety and aggression in people with dementia, improve their sleep and limit their need for medication. The robots also lessen the patients’ hazardous tendency to go wandering and boost their capacity to communicate. This value...
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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...
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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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Kinematics of fluids
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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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Linear programming – the basic ideas
Science, Maths & Technology

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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs