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My career goal: Construction
Science, Maths & Technology

My career goal: Construction

...work, and want to know how they're made? Construction could be for you. Here's some advice on using your practical mind and hands-on skills to build bigger and better things...Civil engineering case study This short video shows Daniel, who is following the graduate route to become a civil engineer. Transcript How to apply for a CSCS card The Construction Skills...
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About OpenLearn Wales
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About OpenLearn Wales

...work or study in Wales or are simply curious about the country – you’ve found the right place to learn something new, for free. On OpenLearn Wales you’ll find a selection of free resources relevant to Wales and Welsh life. These include online courses, videos, interactive experiences, and articles. If you want to learn through the medium of Welsh, you can also...
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Grinding
Science, Maths & Technology

Grinding

...work speeds, high power and special safety provisions. Depths of cut are small (cf. creep feed grinding, about 25 mm): roughing, 0.1–0.4 mm; finishing 0.01–0.025 mm; LSG, 0.005–0.0125 mm. Work (table) speeds depend on size, type and rigidity of work: LSG, 10–15 m s-1; surface 15–30 m s-1; cylindrical, 20-30 m s-1; internal, 20–60 m s-1. Cross-feeds depend on...
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Participation Now
Society, Politics & Law

Participation Now

Find out how new forms of participatory public engagement are working to reshape contemporary life. What is Participation Now? How to use these pages How to get involved Use the filtering tools below to explore the collection.
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Family photos and what they mean
Society, Politics & Law

Family photos and what they mean

What can family photos tell us about households, gender roles and emerging technology? Professor Gillian Rose explores her research on family photography, and how this work interacts with her own experiences...Transcript
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Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths video: "Doing maths with AI apps"

What's the point of learning maths, if an AI app can work it all out for you? Watch this video to find out why your own maths study still makes sense...Click here to download the transcript
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Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?
Society, Politics & Law

Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?

...work directly benefits British people’s health, security and economic well-being. Are they experts Britain can do without? Leave campaigners implied that quitting the European Union would be as easy as giving up a gym membership. Instead, the process looks fiendishly complicated – and that’s before the impact of abandoning EU agencies has been discussed. Presumably...
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Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...work which has taken place with the Moon rocks taken from that mission...President Kennedy’s famous “We choose to go to the Moon” speech to a crowd of 40,000 people on 12th September 1962 resonated widely with the American population and dampened some of the disquiet about the cost and value of the Moon-landing effort. It also started the space race with the Soviet...
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