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Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...communicates in a powerful way how members are introduced into the population through birth (or at least, by the introduction of people in the 0-5 age range) by the way they enter the chart from the right hand side as time moves forward. So how should we read the chart if there are more people in an age band such as the 25-29 age band than have ever appeared in the 0 to 4...
Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...community about that show, so I think it did open a dialogue and that programme was certainly used a lot in schools and universities, as do most of our shows. And in the wildlife area I think it was a series, we ended up doing three different programmes, each one building on the previous one. The first one was with Jeff and Sue Turner about the killing of wolves in...
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...community is X, previously known as Twitter. Short messages can be written and shared easily. If you have an X account use that. If you don’t yet have one, it’s free and very straightforward to set up. Your task is to compose a tweet (of no more than 280 characters) in which you write about what you are looking forward to as a distance learner. Tweet your message to...
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...Community Law Centre, which supported three of the 20 managers, told Personnel Management that the performance assessments left too much to the discretion of the senior staff carrying out the appraisals. She said research found black managers were being awarded lower performance pay than their white colleagues. Some managers were failing to use the appraisal procedure...
Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything to study. They differ from...
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Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...community. The people affected by the displacement are not the buyers or sellers of the manufacturing unit’s services or products, but the impact on their lives cannot be measured monetarily. The construction of this unit may also contribute to the depletion of the natural resources and biodiversity within the region – these are also examples of externalities. While...
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...communication, presentation, information handling and numeracy through the completion of activities...An introduction to design engineering: 1 Design beginnings - As soon as you read the word ‘design’ you probably formed some idea of what you think it is. It is a word that can be used in many ways and can mean different things to different people. Even in a...
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. Completing a course will require about 24 hours of study time. However, you can study the course at any time and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything to study. They differ from...