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Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...management of the works. WILLIAM CRAWSHAY (VOICEOVER): "You have made the damnedest mess of them that ever man made of a good consour. Not one farthing profit did you make last year. Your deafness unfits you for anything but fishing. But you will not see this or your utter want of success. Your affectionate father, William Crawshay." NARRATOR: In fact, the odds had been...
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Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...management, so is not regarded as mobile communication. It also operates at much lower power levels than mobile, giving a reduced range, and operates in unlicensed spectrum as opposed to the licensed spectrum allocated to mobile operators for their exclusive use. Anyone can use unlicensed spectrum (subject to certain restrictions), so WiFi has no guarantee of quality or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...manage the affairs of the state, and with what priorities. Select the answer for Question 1b here 2. A negotiated agreement to resolve a territorial dispute between two countries. a. Context- and interpretation-dependent. b. A struggle over the meaning of political concepts. c. A social activity. d. A (non-violent) method of conflict resolution. e. That which concerns the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge...Introduction and guidance: Course contributors - Alongside Dr Louise MacBrayne, a chemist from The Open University, two other academics will feature throughout this course. Dr Daniel Allwood from Sheffield Hallam University is an organic chemist and keen homebrewer. Daniel...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...managing to purchase two expensive oriental carpets for his friend and patron, the Nuremburg humanist Willibald Pirckheimer. The downside consisted of falling foul of the protectionist Venetian guild system. As a German visitor resident in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Dürer provoked jealousy among Venetian artists, even to the extent of being warned to take precautions...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...managed to do (and failed to do) before. While other species may not have the same degree of neocortical development and executive function as humans, are they able to use tools to solve problems to some extent? There is evidence that the nearest evolutionary neighbours of humans, the other great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans), are able to solve...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...managed to form, they tend to interact with each other and with the remaining gas and planetesimals in the disc. Therefore, planets often end up in a different mass and orbital configuration than the one they had at formation. There are several ways this can happen. Interaction with remaining gas in the disc The angular momentum exchange between a planet and the remaining...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...managed in a way that is well understood. This is especially true for safety critical applications, where people's lives may depend upon the behaviour of the software. However, in this course, we shall largely exclude further consideration of real numbers. Activity 3 If x and y may each take any integer value, which of the following will always give an integer result and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs