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Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German
Languages

Intermediate German: Understanding spoken German

...sources, especially authentic audio-visual resources typically include language, grammar and expressions that you may not have come across in your language learning before. In this way they provide you with an extremely useful learning resource. They prepare you for the world beyond the classroom. You will focus on different ways you can use authentic audio and visual...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...open seeds with their teeth, an ability that is described in more detail in LoM pp. 252-253. The degrees of specialisation, however, are minor compared with those found in other mammals, such as the panda, as all species are able to revert to other foods when their preferred food items are unavailable. Question 2 From your reading of LoM, recall another plant item that is...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...Source: The Open University, 2010, p. 18) Figure 5 ‘Expected return’ and ‘possible catastrophe’ Scenario A shows the value of a project for the whole range of possible outcomes: it is not a true ‘distribution’ in the proper statistical sense, but is meant to represent qualitatively the same sort of idea. The project is more likely than not to end up with a...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
World-Changing Women: Marie-Louise Girardin
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Marie-Louise Girardin

...open to a young woman who had given birth to a child out of wedlock and had then been abandoned by the father. Unable to see a familial or economic future for herself at home, Marie-Louise Victoire Girardin escaped parental disgrace by disguising herself as a man. She joined a scientific expedition to Tasmania as a ship’s steward, calling herself Louis Girardin....
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Article 5 mins
World-Changing Women: Hildegard of Bingen
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Hildegard of Bingen

...open to women were limited. Although the Church was organised as a male hierarchy, it did offer women the benefit of education and the means to attain some measure of autonomy. One woman who took advantage of these opportunities was Hildegard of Bingen. Born in the Rhineland, the tenth child of noble parents, Hildegard was educated from the age of eight at the Benedictine...
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Article 5 mins
Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology
Science, Maths & Technology

Ask the experts: Coronavirus fake news & medical terminology

...Open University; the following video is a recording of OU experts discussing their research and engagement work around the current COVID-19 pandemic. Transcript The panel consisted of: Dr. Jon Golding - a senior lecturer in health sciences, who discussed the articles he and his colleagues wrote on OpenLearn to aid a general understanding of the underlying biology of viral...
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Article 10 mins
Monomer casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Monomer casting

...open mould. 3. Mould heated or cooled during chemical reaction. [Diagrams to demonstrate the Monomer Casting process] 4. Moulding removed. [Diagrams to demonstrate the Monomer Casting process] Manufacture: Minimum capital expenditure. Moulds can be epoxy, plaster, wood, sheet metal, or even rubber. Difficult to automate, but ideal for labour-intensive production of chess...
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Article 5 mins