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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...write to us at: scotland-socsci@open.ac.uk We are particularly keen to hear from women workers, and from male trade unionists, who have been involved in struggles around issues such as pay and fairness at work, defending jobs as well as campaigns to defend or improve workplace conditions. We are also interested in disputes and strikes more generally from across all...
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Article 10 mins
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...write down the boundary number β. [Figure 24] Figure 24 Answer (a) β = 1; (b) β = 4; (c) β = 1 To find the boundary numbers of paper surfaces, it is convenient to use coloured pens to trace around the boundary. Doing this, we find that the two boundary numbers of the surfaces in Figure 22 are β = 4 and β = 3, as shown in Figure 25. [Figure 25] Figure 25 Problem 8...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...write concerning the death of our late friend, Mr Hume, brought upon me ten times more abuse than the very violent attack I had made upon the whole commercial system of Great Britain [i.e. Smith's The Wealth of Nations, 1776, a groundbreaking work in economics]. (Quoted in Scott, 1937, p. 283)...David Hume: 2.1 Working through the section - This section examines Hume's...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...creative team spirit. This tension is particularly important in considering the development of groups and teams. A team will usually have been formed to undertake a specific task, but its success in this may depend on the interpersonal dynamics within the team. Therefore, the job of developing a team and managing its dynamics requires as much attention as managing the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...Write down your personal objectives for studying this course. (You can modify this as you progress.) What do you enjoy about living in a rural location? What do you not enjoy? Write down what ‘rurality’ means to you i.e., what are its characteristics (this might help you think about what it is it that being rural brings to your business). Share your thoughts with...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...write them by hand, you should underline the name). My dictionary gives, at the end of the definition of the word 'lepton', the Greek word leptos meaning 'slender' or 'fine' and at the end of the definition of 'onyx', it gives onyx as a Greek word meaning 'nail' or 'claw'. So the name of the genus, Leptonychotes refers to the narrow claws on the flippers of the seal...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...write it down. Do not go and look it up or search online for the right answer – this is about guessing Write down an upper and lower limit that you are 98 per cent certain contains the correct answer. For example, how far is the earth from the sun? Estimate: 150,000,000 km Upper and lower limit: 200,000,000 km and 100,000,000 km What was the: value of Swedish exports in...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...write down some key words that spring to mind when you think of the term ‘heritage’. Now try to write down some of the sorts of things that you think could be described as heritage. Save this list so that you can refer to it later on. Discussion Summing up what you think heritage is may not have been as easy as you thought it might be. Perhaps you wrote down something...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs