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The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...technological advancements to enable the first exoplanet to be identified, and the result was surprising: 51 Pegasi b (named after its Sun-like host star 51 Pegasi in the Pegasus constellation) was unlike anything in our Solar System. 51 Pegasi b is a hot Jupiter: a planet with a similar mass to Jupiter, but with an incredibly high surface temperature as its orbit takes...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...technological advancements that are negatively influencing the company’s ability to sell its products? Or, since the company was formed in 2021, has it already captured most of its market share and a further growth in sales is becoming increasingly challenging? Activity 2 provides you with an opportunity to practise calculating sales growth and to understand the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...technological devices, from rulers to clocks, to help us in doing this. We also deploy quantification in making sense of our own and of others’ behaviour. We think about how often we go to the gym, pray, have sex, and so on; and we also talk about how strongly we or others believe in various things, how effective teaching has been, how powerfully events affected us, who...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...educational role) Helped move some boxes Arranged and led a planning meeting about forthcoming open day (negotiation role) Talked to passers-by about the front garden Listen to a fellow volunteer’s concerns about the new expenses system (interpersonal/teamworker role) Measured up space for new shed This example shows that people often take on roles beyond their job...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...education’. The remainder of section III contains three diverse objections to the theory that we survive beyond our death. The relation of these to the rest of the essay is slim, and Hume is occasionally only half-serious when he presents them. We can proceed through them quite quickly. In paragraph 21 Hume asserts that supporters of the thesis that we have an afterlife...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...education. To complete this course you will need access to a calculator, a notepad and pen, and a protractor. Enrolling on this course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. The badge is a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject. What you learn by completing the course will really help if you wish to enrol on a formal...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...educated officer: his views did not necessarily reflect those of other soldiers. Many soldiers maintained a patriotic outlook and not all protested against the war. We also need to bear in mind that this poem is an imaginative response to the war – we cannot say for certain that it is an entirely accurate depiction of scenes that Owen himself had witnessed. For the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’
History & The Arts

Helen Langdon's ‘Caravaggio’

...educated to whom it seems natural that a painter of highest distinction must show signs of some ugly or nefarious vice allied with a capricious and eccentric temperament springing from his abstruse mind. And the worst is that many ignorant artists believe to be very exceptional by effecting melancholy and eccentricity. (Quoted in Wittkower, 1961, p. 299) Ever since the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs