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Brady’s Rogue Reagent?
Science, Maths & Technology

Brady’s Rogue Reagent?

...sources such as carboxylic acids (vinegar), esters (fruity aromas) and amides (proteins). So why is it that something that’s been ubiquitously used for almost the best part of a century in every chemistry laboratory in schools and universities the world over now causing such a fuss? Well, problems may arise due to the mishandling, inappropriate storage and poor...
The nature of history
Education & Development

The nature of history

...Open University's History courses and qualifications [World War I soldiers [Posed by actors]] “I often think it odd that it should be so dull, for a good deal of it must be invention”: exclaimed Catherine Morland in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, when discussing history. I hope to demonstrate to you and Miss Morland in this often quoted outburst (most famously in...
Medical statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

Medical statistics

...Open University course M249 Practical modern statistics, a second level course that provides a broad perspective on modern statistics by introducing you to four important topics: medical statistics, time series, multivariate analysis and Bayesian statistics. Each of these is given a practical introduction with an emphasis on real problems and real data. Students are...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool
Society, Politics & Law

United We Will Swim: Women’s Role in The Struggle to Save Glasgow’s Govanhill Pool

...Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Background In March 2001, Glasgow City Council decided to close what was to many residents in the heart of Glasgow’s Southside, the famous historic baths and washhouse in Calder Street, Govanhill, against the wishes of the local community. A small group of local people attended the final evening session...
Small Data: Summer petrol prices
Money & Business

Small Data: Summer petrol prices

...2010 116.61 57.19 17.5 20.41 39.01 2011 136.07 57.95 20 27.21 50.91 2012 132.78 57.95 20 26.56 48.27 2013 136.87 57.95 20 27.37 51.55 2014 130.83 57.95 20 26.17 46.71 2015 116.12 57.95 20 23.22 34.95 Download a spreadsheet of this data Source: DECC Weekly Fuel Prices report under the Open Government Licence This data was updated in August 2015 with the figures for 2015...
Modelling and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling and estimation

...Open University course M248 Analysing data, a second level course that aims to bring you a wide-ranging, data-oriented presentation of many of the basic tools of modern practical statistics. Modelling and estimation consists of selected material from M248, Books A and B. It has three sections in total. You should set aside about five hours to study each of the sections;...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...source was the 1938-9 Schools Collection, where pupils of the National Schools recorded stories from the people of their area (University College Dublin, n.d.). For the West to be declining was an affront to the national image, challenging such key elements of Irish culture as religion, the language and the family farm. Decline and the population appeared synonymous, and...
You and your world: Introducing the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

You and your world: Introducing the social sciences

...Open University course D112 You and your world: introducing the social sciences....You and your world: Introducing the social sciences: Introduction - Welcome to an Introduction to the Social Sciences. This course will explain what the social sciences are; and suggest that learning to think like a social scientist will help you to better understand the world around you....