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Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Yellow Fever: An OpenLearn reading list

...become a global pandemic. Here's a guide to what you need to know about the disease...[A public health announcement about dengue and yellow fevers in Paraguay] A public health campaign about Yellow Fever and Dengue Fever in Paraguay What is yellow fever? The NHS explains the basics of the disease, including what to look for: Yellow fever is a serious viral infection that...
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Looking globally: the future of education Badge icon
Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...students aged 3–19 years as it is realised today across global contexts identifying drivers for change in education. Week 1 activity planner ACTIVITY DETAILS TIME 1 Read the Education in numbers infographic and consider reflection points. 30 minutes 2 Watch the video RSA Animate: Changing Education Paradigms and contribute to the working wall. 45 minutes 3 Watch the...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...OU colleagues Esther Saraga and Gerry Mooney. Participants in the discussion were: John Clarke Professor of Social Policy at The Open University; Esther Saraga Social Sciences Staff Tutor in The Open University's London region; Gerry Mooney Staff Tutor in The Open University’s Scotland region. Activity 1 Listen to the audio file. You may find it helpful to listen to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...become looser still. After a brief photo-opportunity in the drawing room of Government House, and a one-half hour informal luncheon in the Sitting Room, the President [Nixon] and the Prime Minister [Heath] began a three and one-half hour private discussion. The conversation opened on the subject of the reverse preferences granted by the UK and EC to developing countries....
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Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...becoming more popular because they are cheaper than dedicated leased lines. This, however, involves different users sharing internet links to transport their data. Directors of business organisations are increasingly required to provide effective information security. For an organisation to achieve the level of security that is appropriate and at a cost that is...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...become the rival of Mars as a priority for astrobiological study. This course recounts the history of our changing perceptions of the icy satellites, examines the available evidence for their internal structures, and considers the niches offered for life to begin and to be sustained. In this context, the 'habitable zone' embraces settings devoid of both sunlight and an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...becomes clearer when you work out its weight as a percentage of the mother’s weight. But to compare ‘like with like’ you first need to express each measurement in the same units, in this case grams (g). 8 kg is equivalent to (8 × 1000) grams = 8000 g, so 0.5 g as a percentage of 8000 g is (0.5/8000) × 100. This calculation comes to a little over 0.006% –...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Developing a research question in International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

Developing a research question in International Relations

...become very large and unmanageable. The question would also need to specify what it means by ‘success’ and with which NATO ‘responses’ it is concerned, but these could be achieved through sub-questions and discussed in the introduction. 2. What is the role of soft power in international diplomacy? A comparative study of the United States and China. Discussion This...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs