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Osprey process
Science, Maths & Technology

Osprey process

...source of liquid argon and liquid nitrogen, which is vaporised and passes through a control system before entry into the atomiser. The gases also act as a protective atmosphere to prevent oxidation of the spray droplets. An integral part of the preforming unit is the preforming mechanism to which the preform collector is attached. This is driven by means of a hydraulic...
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The history of Halloween
History & The Arts

The history of Halloween

...sources make it certain that the 31st October and the 1st November were important festive occasions in Ireland and Wales. In Ireland the festival was known as “Samhain”, in Wales it was called “Calan Gaeaf”, honouring the end of summer and the beginning of winter. In both places, gatherings for legal disputes, games and festivities could take place. Possibly some...
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What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Systems Thinking in Practice Hub about?

...source of knowledge and skills for all who use it. These resources will begin to help you to understand the ideas, concepts and techniques that underpin systems thinking and systems practice and enable you to use those ideas, concepts and techniques to help inform your decisions and interactions. If your interest grows through your visit to this Hub you may like to follow...
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Article 10 mins
Effective note taking
Education & Development

Effective note taking

...source/s of your notes – which you will need to reference in your assignment. Review your notes as soon as you can after making them – do they make sense? Highlight important points: draw ‘boxes’ or ‘rings’ in colour round sections of notes to make them stand out. Add to your notes but only copy them out in ‘neat’ if you change the notes. [Wrexham...
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An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...Open University logos.] This course is part of the OpenLearn AI Hub: a collaboration between The Open University and Microsoft. Follow the link to learn more. Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents great opportunity, but also significant disruption for modern societies and cultures. This free online short course investigates the historical, ethical and social issues...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Ade Thomas - Earth in Vision

...opening up and offered a new possibility for taking up those world-disclosing issues. You could create content which opened up ideas in a way that were being closed down on conventional mainstream broadcast. So I could see that panning out and that was an exciting possibility that I wanted to pursue. How has online TV evolved? I think the changes that have happened in...
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Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...Open University. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Arts and Humanities...Two concepts of freedom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: distinguish between negative and positive concepts of freedom understand the main points in Isaiah Berlin's article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ recognise emotive language, to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...Open University courses TM111 Introduction to computing and information technology 1 and TM112Introduction to computing and information technology 2. Note: The word ‘data’ is plural (‘datum’ refers to an item of data), but is often used in the singular, e.g. ‘The data is ….’. You will find both uses in this course, depending on the context...Introducing...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs