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The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...writing numerical values in scientific notation is, therefore, that all the digits in the number that multiplies the power of ten are significant figures. We will introduce the units in which physical quantities are generally measured. For example, time is measured in seconds, length in metres, energy in joules and electric current in amperes. A detailed understanding of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...writing. You will examine the world of Spanish and Latin-American art and explore the difference between art and craft...This free course, Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts, is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of Spanish-speaking societies and cultures and extend the practical skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. You will examine the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...writing in the pages of the society’s journal. Many other topics are covered as well, and these can be viewed in the searchable database of journal categories, which is also accessible to all website visitors. Members receive a print copy of the annual SLHS journal, usually published in the late autumn of each year. *Scottish Labour History Society promoting OpenLearn...
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Article 30 mins
Why is Mongolia a good place to die?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is Mongolia a good place to die?

...write a will now,” she says. “They would never have done that in the past because it would be seen as a bad omen.” The hospital also offers patients what is known as “dignity therapy” – which my interpreter translated as “reputation treatment” – encouraging them to tell their life story before they pass away. It began as a way of dealing with patients...
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Article 15 mins
Can we get to a world without suicide?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can we get to a world without suicide?

...writing about working-class communities in the north of England, but this sense of expectation and inevitability defined broad societal attitudes to suicide as well. It was also a crime. In 1956, 613 people in England and Wales were prosecuted for attempting to ‘commit’ suicide, 33 of whom were imprisoned. The law only changed in 1961, but the stigma endured; the...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring Religion in London
History & The Arts

Exploring Religion in London

...write their intentions, and once a week those cards are taken up and a mass is said for all those intentions. The main body of the church is called the Nave. Nave comes from the Latin ‘Navis’, which means ship. And really in a way we are the ship, we’re the first church of the diocese to offer guidance and to steer people through the waters of the church. Everybody...
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Video 30 mins
What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...creative change (Malia, 1997, p.20). The core area of European identity has also shifted over the centuries, and this has been linked with changing perceptions of who were the critical outsiders and major antagonists. For much of the early period the realm of Christian faith had been based on Constantinople and the eastern part of the Roman Empire rather than on the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to Planetary Protection
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to Planetary Protection

...writing, only three companies have developed and tested re-useable launch vehicles: SpaceX (Falcon 9 and Starship), Blue Origin (New Shepherd and New Glenn), and Rocket Lab (Electron (R)). SpaceX’s Falcon 9 (Figure 6) is already used to transport crew and cargo to the International Space Station, and Blue Origin’s New Shepherd (named after Alan Shepherd, the first...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs