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What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...social calls’ or squeaks (sonar) to detect their prey. The sonar are echolocation signals. Corcoran and Conner discovered that these bats can block or ‘jam’ the sonar of other bats deliberately to stop their bat competitors from finding prey. 2. What additional information did Ed Yong’s blog post give about tiger moths and bats? Answer Tiger moths can release...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...social and emotional support networks. This link, however, is complex as most undergraduate students are at the age when they experience the developmental process of emerging adulthood, when most mental health difficulties develop. The combination of this major developmental adjustment with the challenges of adapting to and coping with university life and study, combine...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...Social Sciences, Arts and Sciences curriculum areas. However, for this course, we’re focusing on the Open qualifications which are the OU’s most flexible qualifications. The Open qualifications include: BA/BSc (Hons) Open degree BSc (Hons) Combined STEM degree MA/MSc Open Activity 1 Watch our short animation introducing our qualifications. What are your first...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Get ready for beginners’ French Badge icon
Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward! Here’s what...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...social ideas opened up by the Enlightenment’s consideration of such places gave way to the application of those ideas to a process of artistic self-exploration and self-expression. And yet, as we shall see, Delacroix was not always so clearly on the side of Romanticism. His 1832 journey to Morocco would be a crucial, transforming influence on his career. First, it is...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...social issues appropriate to the development of alternatives to oil products demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the impact of the use of oil on the future of our planet express and rewrite concepts in an objective and factually correct way make sense of information presented in different ways, including textual, numerical or graphical material...Living without...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...socialism, he defends it against Lowlanders and others who sneer at its strict practices, which include a complete prohibition of social and private pleasures on Sunday. Unaccompanied Gaelic psalm singing, fiercely passionate, is a feature of Free Presbyterian worship and MacLean has paid tribute to the powerful tradition of Gaelic preaching. Scholars have shown that much...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...social security system' (ditto), a 'stereo system' etc., that we probably take its use for granted, and do not consider some of the implications of using it. Really to think in terms of systems is not necessarily so easy, but is an essential part of our outlook if we are to develop our world in a sustainable manner. … A classic example arose from the series of rail...
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Level 3: Advanced 16 hrs