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Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...work through the remainder of this course, you will develop your understanding of the terms ‘organism’, ‘environment’, ‘habitat’ and ‘interrelationship’. When you come across one of these terms, stop and think about how it has been used. Does the way the term has been used change, or add anything to, your understanding? Answer Organisms: wide range of...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...work out an average or area, and how to read a graph. We'll also show you why you don't need to understand fractions, and warn you about the percent button on calculators. OK, here we go. In week one, you learn about some basic concepts for numbers, including the way scientists write very big or very small numbers. You'll also cover units of measurement, like kilogrammes,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...working over a period of years. Learning outcomes At the end of Section 1, you should be able to: define what a project is use a variety of knowledge-gathering and idea-generating techniques to develop objectives for action use Pareto analysis and cause and effect diagrams to explore problem areas generate simple matrix diagrams to relate objectives to strategies name and...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
The Mill on the Floss
History & The Arts

The Mill on the Floss

...work was of the German writer Goethe. Eliot’s only surviving hand-written manuscript resides in the British Library. It reveals a strikingly neat set of volumes with little corrections except from subtle indications in the author’s handwriting which divulge the true extent of the emotional toll of the book’s denouement on its writer. Video: The real places that...
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Article 5 mins
The Who Are We? project
Society, Politics & Law

The Who Are We? project

...work together to develop new avenues for exchange and influence...[Who Are We?] During March 2017, The Open University, in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts, The University of Warwick and Loughborough University organized a free six-day cross-platform event, spanning the visual arts, film, photography, design, architecture, the spoken and written word as well as live...
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Article 5 mins
A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence
Health, Sports & Psychology

A reader's guide to The Luzhin Defence

...worked as a translator, tutor, tennis coach, and compiler of crossword puzzles. In 1937 he moved to Paris, then in 1940 to the United States with his wife and child. He lectured, and also became an expert lepidopterist! However he is remembered mainly for his writing, his best known novel being the controversial Lolita (1955). From 1959 he resided in Switzerland, where he...
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Article 5 mins
Recipe: Tiramisu
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recipe: Tiramisu

...Working in small batches, soak half the quantity of sponge fingers in the mixture for about 5 seconds each side. Divide them between the bottoms of the 6 serving glasses, breaking to fit and pressing down lightly if necessary. Using half the mascarpone mix, place a spoonful on top of the sponge fingers. Spread out evenly with the back of the spoon or a palette knife....
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Activity 5 mins
Extra help for disabled students: Disabled Students' Allowance
Education & Development

Extra help for disabled students: Disabled Students' Allowance

...Work. DSA helps with costs of specialist equipment, non-medical helpers, additional disability-related travel costs and other disability-related costs of study. DSA doesn’t cover any disability-related costs you would normally have, separate to studying, such as personal care support. It also doesn’t cover costs that all students would have while studying. In Wales,...
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Video 5 mins