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Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...the payment is made just before the end of the month) write down the recurrence system for bn . (iii) Find the closed form for bn and use it to calculate the number of payments that will be needed to pay off the loan. Example 2 - from an Open University Level 2 psychology course Discuss the models of memory and consider their usefulness in real life situations. Discussion To answer Example 1 successfully requires ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...system exhibits a degree of social openness, in which there are opportunities for upper-level white-collar workers. In the French system the validation of merits before entering work is the result either of inheritance or of academic achievement; in Germany the authority of the business head has to be legitimated all along, hence the importance of ongoing education and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...system. It is possible to define the density at a given point in any system by taking a small volume element around that point and evaluating the ratio of mass to volume for that volume element. Contrast with number density. * density parameter One of the fractional densities defined by: matter density, normal cap omega sub m of t equals rho sub m of t solidus rho sub c...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...systems: The first is a reflective system, whereby what we do is a result of goals that reflect our values and where we’re aware of what we’re doing. The other system, which actually accounts for much more of our behaviour, is an automatic system, whereby we’re often not aware of the impulses that have generated our behaviour. There is an increasing recognition that...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham
History & The Arts

A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham

...system which he is no more a part of than the least of his subjects. If he will let a weary old man or a delicate woman stand indefinitely before him, he is no more to blame for that than for speaking English with a trace of German in his th sounds; he did not invent his origins or his traditions. Personally, having had it out with life, he is as amiable and as...
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Article 5 mins
Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...system that we pioneered on that, being able to put the animal in the context of the environment was very important. And actually seeing polar bears in their natural surroundings and using almost the metaphor of ‘the melt’ and the spring coming as a kind of bigger metaphor for change, which is something we did in the Ice Worlds show. I think a really powerful piece of...
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Video 30 mins
Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?

...system to record evidence as part of your apprenticeship Use webchat and email to communicate Use presentation software to present an assignment Know how to submit writing material like assignments electronically, for you tutor to mark and provide feedback Activity 3 Timing: Duration 20 mins Read this brief description of a new apprentice, Ronald Ronald has not studied in...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms
History & The Arts

The Roman Empire: introducing some key terms

...system of rule (for instance, one that differs from a republic, which has elected rulers). Certainly the term ‘Roman Empire’ involves all three meanings, sometimes separately, sometimes all at once. In Latin, too, the word imperium, which came to be used for ‘empire’, contains a similar set of meanings, and we find that ancient sources also used the term in...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs