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How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does COVID-19 affect cancer treatment?

...working at The Open University answer cancer-related questions about the new coronavirus in this series of articles...Who are we? We are cancer researchers working at The Open University. Our daily job involves identifying and testing new therapies and new diagnostic technologies for cancers. For this reason, we are regularly in contact with cancer charities and patient...
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Article 10 mins
Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why is discovering gravitational waves from a neutron star collision a big deal?

...work leading to the discovery of gravitational waves, first announced in February 2016. Since then, detecting gravitational waves from colliding black holes has started to feel like familiar territory – with four further such events detected. But as far as we know, colliding black holes offer purely a window on the dark side of the universe. We haven’t been able to...
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Article 15 mins
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...working with children in the first 1001 days are building foundations for their lifelong learning, health and wellbeing. So it is essential that practitioners working in the baby/toddler room are well equipped to ensure that all the children in their care receive optimum benefit from their experiences. You will find out more about best practice when working in the baby...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Dan Rees - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dan Rees - Earth in Vision

...worked at the BBC Natural History Unit since 1997, producing, directing and filming across a wide range of genres, from pure animal behaviour to live and documentary. His credits as producer/director include the award-winning ‘On Thin Ice’ episode of Frozen Planet, presented by Sir David Attenborough, and Ganges: Waterland. As series producer his credits include...
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Video 30 mins
‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...work, it seems that nuts and tree nuts are the most common cause of death in young adults while cow’s milk is the most common single cause of death in school-aged children. Data from the USA states that those at greatest risk of death are those under 35 years old. Adolescents and children carry a bigger risk as they depend upon others to keep their food choices and...
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Audio 2 hrs
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...work of the United Nations (UN), for example, the 1960 Convention Against Discrimination in Education, and the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, which enshrined a right to education. In 1990, a World Declaration on Education for All was adopted in Jomtien, Thailand, by participants from 155 countries and representatives of 150 governmental and non-governmental...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...work these writers were producing, but the social and political upheavals of Irish politics at home—from the Easter Rising to the Troubles—contributed to a truly distinctive form of Gothic writing produced in Ireland. You will be looking specifically at two examples of this writing: the short story ‘The Demon Lover’ (1945) by Elizabeth Bowen and the play The Weir...
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Article 45 mins
Egyptian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Egyptian mathematics

...work out what things the Egyptologist has done. Do you yet feel in a position to begin to understand what the Egyptian scribe was doing? (Do not worry if your answer to the last question is ‘no’!) Discussion You should have been able to notice, just from the look of the page, that it has three sections. The top one is a hand-written copy of the papyrus text itself,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs