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Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...interactive tool and relevant calculations, choose between them given some different constraints explain, using a simple economic model, how demand and supply affect house prices and discuss the consequences for different types of household understand, with the aid of the household financial balance sheet, why housing may be viewed as a store of wealth...Rent or buy? The...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships

...social welfare benefits and clearing 450,000 ha of the invasive plants The diagramming techniques develop skills in understanding complex situations of intervention and revealing significant challenges as well as opportunities of development intervention. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 3 study in Computing and IT courses...Diagramming for development 2:...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Extreme endurance performances – who, what and why?

...social factors that may impact on participation in extreme endurance sports apply psychological, physiological and sociological perspectives to a topic...Extreme endurance performances: 1 Applying a multidisciplinary approach - The introduction to this course highlighted that you will be using a multidisciplinary approach to examine contemporary issues from a variety of...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...social calls’ or squeaks (sonar) to detect their prey. The sonar are echolocation signals. Corcoran and Conner discovered that these bats can block or ‘jam’ the sonar of other bats deliberately to stop their bat competitors from finding prey. 2. What additional information did Ed Yong’s blog post give about tiger moths and bats? Answer Tiger moths can release...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...Social Sciences, Arts and Sciences curriculum areas. However, for this course, we’re focusing on the Open qualifications which are the OU’s most flexible qualifications. The Open qualifications include: BA/BSc (Hons) Open degree BSc (Hons) Combined STEM degree MA/MSc Open Activity 1 Watch our short animation introducing our qualifications. What are your first...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Urbanism in Blade Runner
Science, Maths & Technology

Urbanism in Blade Runner

...socially just or equitable Los Angeles, it portrays a city marked by the fusion of these cultural influences rather than their separation. Larger than life billboards projected onto the sides of building feature primarily Asian women, language takes a uniquely urban shape in the form of hybrid cityspeak, and one scene even shows Jews, Hare Krishnas, and punk rockers...
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Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave
Society, Politics & Law

Voters might not love Europe - but that doesn't mean they'll leave

...Social Attitudes survey reveals that scepticism about the EU is widespread. Yet at the same time, many are not sure about the wisdom of actually pulling out. [Exit sign in many languages] Heading for a European exit? In the survey, of five different possible options for Britain’s relationship with the EU, the most popular by far, backed by 43%, was that Britain should...
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Why pulling out of the EU won't give Britain complete control over its affairs
Society, Politics & Law

Why pulling out of the EU won't give Britain complete control over its affairs

...social legislation or food safety. And as Switzerland found out following the 2014 referendum on reintroducing immigration quotas, attempts to regain control over the areas covered by sectoral agreements have dire consequences. In this referendum Swiss citizens voted against allowing unlimited immigration from the EU. Following the vote, the EU unilaterally decided to...
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Article 10 mins