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The drive to sustainability in Higher Education
Nature & Environment

The drive to sustainability in Higher Education

...courses in UK institutions, including staff and student travel; the purchase and use of ICT devices; printed educational materials and paper; student residential energy use; and campus buildings and site operations (Caird et al. 2015b). This enabled a carbon-based environmental assessment of the main sources of the energy and carbon dioxide emissions involved in the...
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I-Spy: Episode 1
Health, Sports & Psychology

I-Spy: Episode 1

...online infidelity drama I-SPY: Rihanna installs spyware on the laptop she presents as a birthday present to her partner Oliver...Transcript • What do you think about Rihanna using spyware? • Is it ever OK to look at your partner’s private chats or messages? Try a FREE course on some of the themes related to infidelity Take it further with The Open University...
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Learner Stories
Education & Development

Learner Stories

...courses, OpenLearn has something for everyone. These learners shared with us how they benefited, how it changed lives, inspired further study, sparked an interest or just learned something new. It can become addictive!...Everyone has their own reason for learning. From career changes to personal passions, OpenLearn has supported millions of learners worldwide. Here are...
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Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coronavirus: Dealing with Death, Dying and Grief

...courses on the subject of death, dying and grief, which could prove useful at this time. We also have an article on why death of a loved-one from COVID-19 is particularly difficult to process. Check out the resources below: Depression is extremely common when it comes to a loved one dying and there's much anxiety around the numbers of deaths due to COVID-19. The two free...
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How is nylon made?
Science, Maths & Technology

How is nylon made?

...courses and qualifications. Nylon is a well-known synthetic polymer (derived from the Greek words ’poly’ meaning ’many’ and ’meros’ meaning ’parts’). It was invented by Wallace Carothers, and first brought to the public’s attention in October 1938. [Nylon thread [Image: Pop Top Lady under CC-BY-ND licence]] Nylon thread [Image: Pop Top Lady under...
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Star Trek and the Greeks
History & The Arts

Star Trek and the Greeks

...courses and qualifications. [Apollo] The Greek god, Apollo The original series of Star Trek (1966 to 1969) was particularly obvious in drawing upon human history, with the crew of the USS Enterprise encountering the planet where everything is like Prohibition-era Chicago (‘A Piece of the Action’, 1968), the planet where everything is like Nazi Germany (‘Patterns of...
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What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...one vote’. In this way, a blockchain can act as a provenance protocol for sharing data across disparate semi-trusting organisations. An overview of OU research on blockchain can be found at this link. Click here to download the video transcript (PDF) This article is adapted from an OpenLearn Create course under a Creative Commons license. Visit the original course....
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What is OpenLearn Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

What is OpenLearn Scotland?

...courses, academic insights via articles, interactive videos and audio, and broadcast material as a whole demonstrates The Open University's commitment to delivering a curriculum that is appropriate for the differing requirements of each of the countries within the United Kingdom. These open educational resources have been collected and developed from across The Open...
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