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Basic science: understanding numbers
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding numbers

...Adults can use their own OpenLearn account to supervise under 13s on the course, and assisting with the experiments. You can read more in the OpenLearn FAQs...Week 1: Why does science need numbers?: 1.1 Water, water everywhere - NARRATOR 1 Bottled water is ubiquitous in our daily lives. Every year in the UK, we each consume some 70 litres of purchased bottled water,...
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...adults, between themselves, will tend to use the tu form from the outset. In the next sections, you will look more closely at the language used in business settings, and communicating across cultures...Week 7: Communicating across languages and cultures: 2 Behaviour expectations at work - If you’re planning to use your French skills for work, it will be very useful to...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant

...care to make sure their employees and students have a safe, legally compliant and supportive digital environment to work and learn in, individuals have responsibility for aspects within their control and should take appropriate steps to ensure they achieve and maintain a positive approach to digital wellbeing. (Jisc, 2019c) Efallai fod cyngor Jisc wedi'i fwriadu ar gyfer...
Deall datganoli yng Nghymru
Society, Politics & Law

Deall datganoli yng Nghymru

...care and education. I'm very proud that in Torfaen we have a Labour council that is prepared to take those decisions to protect our local services. The leader of UKIP knows nothing about the financial pressures facing the local authority in Torfaen, and I am sure that you would agree with me, Minister, that all the low hanging fruit is now gone in local authorities, and...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...care when the Revenue realised its mistake. It demanded she return the cash and even threatened to send compliance officers to ‘interview’ her and check on her finances. Last year, after the Revenue stopped her tax credits, Ms Reddy-Oaten had to survive on ‘hardship’ payments. These payments were then deemed excessive and she faced demands that these also be...
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...careful how we count the vertices, edges and faces. The following worked problem provides further illustration. Worked problem 3 Find the Euler characteristic of the subdivision of the projective plane given by Figure 90. [Figure 90] Figure 90Solution We label all the vertices, edges and faces, using the same labels for any that are identified, as in Figure 91. [Figure...
Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...adult was at least seventy by the end of the century and war, if not organised violence more generally, was a personal experience only for a very small minority of contemporary Europeans. There were clearly different conceptions of Europe and the association it now formed among the different countries of Europe, and differing levels of commitment to the European idea...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...adult, there are more organisms to produce young in the next generation, who produce more young in the next, and so on. This leads to a population explosion. Economic growth is supposed to work the same way – increased wealth this year allows us to spend and invest to produce more wealth next year, with this continuing year after year. Of course, the sound from the...