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Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...think and decide about money. xDelia is funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme... Money and Emotions The xDelia project is a European Commission funded research programme being conducted by The Open University and other partners to research the link between emotions and financial decisions. The aim is to devise new ways to bolster...
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Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...think of issues related to the environmental impact of the production and distribution of goods and services. Whilst the environmental perspective is certainly very important, it is not the only perspective. To get a holistic overview of supply chain sustainability, all the perspectives of supply chain sustainability should be considered. Once you have a general...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...system. Figure 1 An example extract from a meteorological report for Edmonton, Canada. Somewhere between the observations like those recorded in Figure 1 and a weather forecast is a team of professional meteorologists. No doubt among them will be those whose tasks include a consideration of the observers' reports of cloud type, which is a rich source of immediate weather...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...think, I just don’t understand why they don’t understand? Learning should be transformative, and this course will unlock your full potential, using a practice-based learning tool to help identify the barriers in students' understanding. This free course, Teaching and learning tricky topics, has a course structure that builds upon understanding you have developed...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...system existed for handing out necessities such as soap, clothes and shoes to prisoners, but such items were distributed, and even passed through the gratings by prisoners to more needy family members on the outside. Prisoners could purchase food to supplement their rations, but many did not have any money. The system of self government allowed to exist alongside official...
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Article 15 mins
London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...system is adopted here, viz the transport of the patients in a litter belonging to the establishment, thereby preventing the use of coaches or sedan chairs; one of the means by which the contagion is circulated unchecked, and they hope the other hospitals will see the necessity of adopting some such arrangement. Indeed, from the indifference to contagion which seems to...
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The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...system of Universal Credit (UC), which by 2018 will have replaced tax credits for most. And cuts to UC have not attracted the same level of opposition. As Patrick Wintour tweeted, these cuts were approved last week with just 12 MPs present. Cuts to universal credit passed in committee last Thursday. This is successor scheme to tax credits. Approx 12 MPs present. —...
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The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...think there would need to be a huge number of different sorts of atoms to account for all the substances that exist and that can be made, but in fact there are just 118 different types of atom that have been observed. These are known as the chemical elements and of those 118, only about 90 occur naturally. Each element is represented by a chemical symbol, consisting of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs