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Welsh history and its sources
History & The Arts

Welsh history and its sources

...communities, of the BBC Radio Wales Millennium History series, The People of Wales (1999). Audio 2 (duration 0:56)...Welsh history and its sources: 3.3.2 Llywelyn ap Gruffydd - A.D. Carr discusses the career of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, ‘the Last Prince of Wales’, and in particular Llywelyn’s final uprising against Edward I, and the deaths of Llywelyn and his brother...
Level 1: Introductory 25 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...community groups interested in classical music. Getting performers on board Sometimes performers can initially be a bit reluctant to programme music by women, if they are unfamiliar with the music. This is often due to the time necessary to learn the new repertoire and the additional rehearsal time. The work can be challenging and take a lot of time to master. You need to...
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...communities in the world, ‘This is where we’re going.’ Lots of working papers if you look at the acknowledgements in the front of the Stern Review, tremendous interaction with – RH: But no peer review though. NS: Well, you don’t – RH: For something as influential as this maybe it would’ve been backed up if you’d had a peer review. NS: You don’t normally...
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...community: if you’re trying to lose weight, perhaps you will curate your gut microbiome so as to extract fewer calories without harming your overall health. Peter Turnbaugh cautions that the science is not yet able to recommend a particular set of microbes, let alone how best to get them inside your gut, but he takes comfort from the fact that our microbial populations...
Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be an apprentice distance learner?

...communicate Use presentation software to present an assignment Know how to submit writing material like assignments electronically, for you tutor to mark and provide feedback Activity 3 Timing: Duration 20 mins Read this brief description of a new apprentice, Ronald Ronald has not studied in a while He is feeling a bit nervous about what to expect as an apprentice...
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...la machine analytique de Charles Babbage’ from the original French. At first she was content to perform only the translation, but at Babbage’s instigation, she began to add extensive annotations to the original text. These ‘algebraic working’s are what we would now call a computer program – they were the commands that would be punched into Jacquard cards and fed...
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...community testing for the virus or virus-specific antibodies was carried out. This week you will learn how to measure antibodies against SARS-CoV2 using a versatile assay called ELISA – an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Much of your time will be spent in a virtual laboratory which will prepare you to do epidemiological and immunological studies in later weeks. Audio...
Microgravity: living on the International Space Station Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Microgravity: living on the International Space Station

...communication satellites are placed in orbits that are somewhere between geostationary and polar. But how else other than gravity does the ISS stay in motion around the Earth? The answer to this is circular motion. Watch Video 3 which demonstrates circular motion with water in a bucket. Pay attention to what happens to the water when the swinging motion is stopped. TOM:...