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Diary of a Mars operations day
Science, Maths & Technology

Diary of a Mars operations day

...back into the warmth of my house, I think about the fact that we soon may have three active rovers and an active lander on Mars – at the same time. And what they might find… This article was originally published on the AstrobiologyOU website. Banner image credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS; processings and mosaic: Olivier de Goursac (fr), 2014, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons...
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...type of advice you would provide to this parent for their son, whose usual peak flow is 120. You might also find this asthma action plan from Asthma UK useful when completing this activity. Outline of the diagnostic process Everyday asthma care When they feel worse What to do in an asthma attack Discussion This activity has allowed you to use clinical guidance to produce...
What was Lewis Carroll like?
History & The Arts

What was Lewis Carroll like?

...phrased it. There was another and very wonderful toy which he sometimes produced for me, and this was known as "The Bat." The ceilings of the rooms in which he lived at the time were very high indeed, and admirably suited for the purposes of "The Bat." It was an ingeniously constructed toy of gauze and wire, which actually flew about the room like a bat. It was worked by...
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...phrase exaggeration in a very different light. The chapter ends on the narrator’s note of warning and suspense and you would have to read the Chapter XIV ‘Effect of the Letter: Sunrise’ to find out how it is received...Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd: 5 Religion - Thomas Hardy was a religious sceptic, but Far From the Madding Crowd has references...
Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...types of quantum gates act on qubits and analyse simple quantum circuits for yourself. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM380 Quantum physics: fundamentals and applications...Quantum computing is a developing field with enormous potential societal and economic impact. In the future, quantum computers will enable us to solve a...
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...de Rome in 1923, pursued a successful career as both a composer and a pianist, and taught at the Paris Conservatoire. Far from being an exception, many women composers pursued active and successful careers in the past. As you learned in Week 1, many of their names and works are not currently well known, however, as they have been excluded from the musical canon, from...
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...type of leader does your organisation seem to favour? What kind of people tend not to be favoured? What kinds of behaviours and characteristics tend to be accentuated in these stories? Are these people current leaders or leaders from the past? Make sure you title the post with the week number and the number of this activity, Week 2 Activity 3. Comment The activity asked...
Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...types of human behaviour. The end result is that a team of social entrepreneurs building innovative healthcare systems and a criminal gang creating illicit trading networks may both find themselves referred to as acting ‘entrepreneurially’. In the first activity, we start to explore this territory by asking what it means to be an ‘entrepreneur’...Entrepreneurial...