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Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...class, as well as where they lived, but a common thread that runs through the list above is that on many occasions music was created by people meeting together – at church, school or the local public house for example. Almost all of the music was live, with just the possibility of hearing a mechanical instrument such as a barrel organ. Of course, music was not...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...classed as endocrine disruptors, i.e. they interfere with the synthesis, secretion, transport and binding, action, or elimination of natural hormones in the body that are responsible for the maintenance of homeostasis, reproduction, development and/or behaviour (Burkhardt-Holm, 2010). Most endocrine disruptors are synthetic compounds (e.g. plasticisers such as bisphenol...
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...class of dark matter particles, which includes the neutralino. Often abbreviated to WIMPs. * white dwarf A stellar-mass compact object, with a mass below the Chandrasekhar mass (1.4 solar masses) supported against gravitational collapse by the degeneracy pressure of electrons. White dwarfs are the final products of the evolution of low-mass stars, after thermonuclear...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others....Week 1: Measurement of length: Introduction - Welcome to the first week of Succeed with maths – Part 2. The first two weeks of this course will focus on measurement and the units that are...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 1 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 1

...feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and we will not pass on your details to others. ...Week 1: Solving puzzles: Introduction - In this first week you will be focusing on some introductory maths activities. Some of these problems may seem more like puzzles than mathematics, and...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...de théâtre – she makes an entry dressed like a woman, along with Celia and Hymen, the classical god of marriage. As you read the extract, make some notes on the following questions: What is the tone of this extract? How does it differ from the tone of the previous two extracts? When you have finished, click ‘Reveal discussion’. The numbered footnotes in the...
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...de facto, even if that home is a makeshift shelter in a slum. We hear a lot in the media about a housing crisis where supply falls short of demand, and there is no doubt that government policy needs to address this so that everyone can find somewhere affordable and decent to live. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DB125 You and...
Legal skills and debates in Scotland Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...feedback to a colleague who has drafted a (fictitious) section which states: The purpose of this Act is to bring peace and quiet to the countryside and prevent damage to property, persons and livestock and stop fire hazards. Section 1: Everyone who uses the countryside is entitled to peace and quiet as they do so. Section 2: Use of any vehicle in the countryside requires...