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Heritage, whose heritage?
History & The Arts

Heritage, whose heritage?

...Open University course A180 Heritage, whose heritage?... Heritage, whose heritage? A short introduction to this album Historical property management by National Trust The issues and challenges behind the safeguarding of heritage properties by the UK's National Trust. Stonehenge and its significance Stonehenge as a heritage site valued for differing reasons by a wide range...
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Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Open University course S296 Cell and molecular biology...Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline some of the key principles of microscopy (with a focus on fluorescent microscopy) and the differences between light, fluorescence (light) and electron microscopy describe some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Recording music and sound
History & The Arts

Recording music and sound

...Open University course A232 Music, sound and technology...Recording music and sound: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course you should be able to: appreciate the tasks required to organise and create commercial music demonstrate knowledge of the history of sound-recording technology recognise the impact of technological change on sound recording understand some of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...Open University's History and Social Sciences qualification. Background The public, political and cultural representations of working-class activism in opposition to industrial closure are dominated by the image of the militant male worker. Leaders like Jimmy Reid, Arthur Scargill and high-profile disputes by miners, shipyard workers, car workers, steel workers and others...
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Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering the Timex Dundee struggles 1993

...Open University's Social Sciences courses. Background The American corporation Timex first came to Dundee in 1946, setting up with eleven workers in the back of a converted farm building. At its peak in the 1970s, Timex had become one of the largest employers in the city, employing thousands of workers at four sites across Dundee. Most of the Timex workforce were women...
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Mosquito resistance to insecticides
Science, Maths & Technology

Mosquito resistance to insecticides

...Open University course S317 Biological science: from genes to species...Mosquito resistance to insecticides: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe how natural selection drives changes in allele frequencies, using mosquito resistance to insecticides as an example...Mosquito resistance to insecticides: 1 The ester1 allele - In the...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...open to many interpretations. The quality, reliability and authenticity of evidence always needs to be probed for potential bias, limits and blind spots. In this course we will be focusing mostly on the variety of methods for presenting and organising qualitative and quantitative evidence. So, we will focus on how to understand the ways in which evidence is presented, how...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...Source: Defra, 2013, p. 61) Figure 1 Consumption of fruit and vegetables in men, women and children in England, based on one 24 hour period The label of the graph provides the additional information that the figures are based on one 24 hour period (i.e. one particular day). When reading a chart such as a bar chart or pie chart, it is important to notice how the different...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs