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How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?
Education & Development

How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?

...courses offering vocational and applied routes into higher education for students with non-traditional entry qualifications – have dropped by 18%. All this as applications for full-time higher education are buoyant, recovering from a dip in 2012. The fall in the Celtic nations is less pronounced, although Wales has experienced a 24% drop in the last five years despite a...
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How FMRI works
Health, Sports & Psychology

How FMRI works

...courses and qualifications. What is FMRI? [Brain image produced by FMRI [Image: FMRIB Centre]] Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or FMRI, works by detecting the changes in blood oxygenation and flow that occur in response to neural activity – when a brain area is more active it consumes more oxygen and to meet this increased demand blood flow increases to the...
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How much home do you own?
Money & Business

How much home do you own?

...course, just a rough illustration - and is based on certain assumptions: According to the Council Of Mortgage Lenders, the median price for a house bought on a mortgage as of May 2008 was £218,151 with a loan to value of 78%. We've rounded these to £220,000 and 80%. We're also making the (unlikely) assumptions that the actual value of the house and your interest rate...
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Applying to university - your step-by-step guide
Education & Development

Applying to university - your step-by-step guide

...course and writing your personal statement, through to sorting your student accommodation and preparing to leave home. We'll explore the three stages of the application process and what needs to be done at each step: Research Apply Prepare Click below to get started. [Screengrab of Application Guide interactive with button that says 'Get started'] [university ready -...
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Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class
Society, Politics & Law

Discussing intersectionality: race, gender and social class

...inequalities based on social divisions of gender, race, class and the intersections of these? Transcript Why do you think it is important that students learn about race, gender, social class and intersectionality to better understand social research? Transcript These videos were filmed for the Open University course DD215 Social research: crime, justice and society....
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Structural Integrity: designing against failure
Science, Maths & Technology

Structural Integrity: designing against failure

...course T357, Structural integrity: designing against failure... Structural Integrity: Designing against failure A short introduction to this album. Kinzua's Weakest Link An engineer's worst nightmare come true. Using aerial photography and forensic markers to investigate the precise sequence of the collapse. Reconstructing the collapse Connecting the failure at Kinzua to...
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Introducing Health Sciences: COPD
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: COPD

...course SDK125, Introducing health sciences: a case study approach... Introducing Health Sciences: COPD A short introduction to this album Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Doctors and sufferers discuss COPD and the nature of the disease. Living with COPD Real life stories of people living with COPD, focusing on a support group based in Sheffield. Respiratory Clinic A...
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Ecosystems: the carbon cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

Ecosystems: the carbon cycle

...course S396 Ecosystems... Ecosystems: the carbon cycle A short introduction to this album How plants make food The influence of differing levels of light, water, CO2 and nutrients on plant photosynthesis around the world Recycling carbon How carbon is returned to the atmosphere through decomposition of organic matter The peatbog problem Why peatbogs are crucial carbon...
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