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Diagrams, charts and graphs
Science, Maths & Technology

Diagrams, charts and graphs

...based on large sets of data. The pie chart below summarises the average weekly expenditure by a sample of families on food and drink. The whole circle represents 100% of the expenditure. The circle is then divided into ‘segments’, and the area of each segment represents a fraction or percentage of the total expenditure. For instance, groceries account for 38.0% of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...based recommendations for law reform or changes to regulations. [Described image] Figure 2 Many organisations carry out applied policy research Policy research is often carried out within an academic setting, but is also an expanding and growing career sector. Policy and research officers are employed in many different organisations, including third-sector organisations...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Croeso: Beginners' Welsh
Languages

Croeso: Beginners' Welsh

...based on the Open University course LG001 Discovering Wales and Welsh. Tell us what you think! We’d love to hear from you to help us improve our free learning offering through OpenLearn by filling out this short survey...Croeso: beginners' Welsh: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: greet people and give an introduction in Welsh...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...based on ideas associated with the social model; to try to create an environment which will minimise the impact of the learning disability. It won’t go away, but lots can be done to make life enjoyable. It is this you will consider next...Session 1: What is a learning disability?: 4 Listening to people who do not use words to communicate - Three of the people you met in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introduction to ecosystems
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to ecosystems

...based on the oikos, or home, of a particular biome. All the parts of such an ecosystem, organic and inorganic, biome and habitat, may be regarded as interacting factors." DR MICHAEL GILLMAN So there it is. That's what we mean by an ecosystem. And for the purposes of this course, we'll define ecosystem as-- NARRATOR "--a set of organisms and abiotic components, linked by...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...based approach, which forms the entry module in our undergraduate degree in Health Sciences....Session 1: Introducing human infectious diseases: Introduction - Most people on Earth experience at least one episode of an infectious disease every year. Although the majority recover, hundreds of millions suffer severe or long-term health effects as a direct result of an...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...wrote: ‘Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte_’._ –Blaise Pascal, Provincial Letters, Letter XVI, December 1656. Translation: ‘I wrote this very long [letter] because I didn’t have the time to make it shorter’. What do you think Pascal meant by this? [Photo of Claire]Figure 8 ClaireShow descriptionA photograph of Claire. Claire, whose research looks......
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Article 5 mins
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...de Baryshe and Ramsay, 1989)...Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach: 2.2 Children's violence - There has been a great deal of work done by psychologists on violence and aggression in children, looking at whether this is part of a normal and natural developmental process or whether it is pathological. Cole and Cole define...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs