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The Open University Worldwide
OpenLearn Ireland

The Open University Worldwide

...courses to degree–level study, the quality of The Open University’s teaching programmes and tutors is renowned and respected across the globe. The Open University has pioneered a unique distance education method called supported open learning, a radical alternative to traditional campus teaching. The Open University is open to new educational methods to support...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...course K272, Challenging ideas in mental health... Challenging ideas in mental health A short introduction to this album. A quiet night on Roundhay Wing An abstract dramatisation set in the year 2000. We are introduced to Roundhay Ward, a psychiatric wing of a large hospital in Leeds. The lost souls A patient (Jonathan X) wakes up from a dream surrounded by 3 lost souls....
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Using and managing waste
Science, Maths & Technology

Using and managing waste

...course T210 Environmental control and public health... Using and managing waste A brief introduction to this album Waste Minimisation Cutting down the amount of waste we create per household is our biggest challenge. Waste Re-use How your recycling gets separated and processed. When to re-use packaging, opt for composting, or incinerate waste to produce energy. Waste...
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Making your learning count – Example study pathways (YXM130)
Education & Development

Making your learning count – Example study pathways (YXM130)

...courses each individual would choose to study! If you are a Young Applicant in Schools Scheme (YASS) Scotland student, there is further information about YXM130 available for you here: OpenLearn choices for YASS students - OpenLearn - Open University. Remember, it is entirely up to you what you study! You just need to make sure you choose to study courses from more than...
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James Joyce’s Dublin
History & The Arts

James Joyce’s Dublin

...course of his life became one of the most influential Irish poets and novelists of his age. This discussion takes place in Mulligan’s pub, a venue featured in Joyce’s short story ‘Counterparts’ and throughout the conversation we explore Dublin’s character as experienced through Joyce’s writing and how everything he experienced from the urban landscape, to the...
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Diffusion bonding (SPF/DB or form bonding)
Science, Maths & Technology

Diffusion bonding (SPF/DB or form bonding)

...free from oxide, which may act as a barrier to diffusion. Bonding is usually carried out under a vacuum or inert gas, since the long bonding time and high temperatures can cause surface contamination. If the diffusion bonding temperature coincides with the superplastic forming temperature, the two processes can be combined. This is known as form bonding or superplastic...
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Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question

...free diet with a reduction in symptoms of autism in children. The charity cited two particular research projects which suggest a link between drinking cow’s milk and autism. It was originally released a few years ago, but has recently been relaunched on social media causing much discussion. The research that underpins PETA’s claim is based on two small-scale studies....
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Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?

...free to judge what is best for them, businesses should be freed from the ‘red tape’ of bureaucracy and free markets adopted as the most efficient way to sort out the economy. The Austrian economist, Hayek, was a major influence on this position. Having seen fascism rise out of the German socialist movement, Hayek (1945) argued that pursuing a socialist agenda - which,...
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