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Happy birthday Shakespeare!
History & The Arts

Happy birthday Shakespeare!

...open up Falstaff's money bag - or any money bag he can find - like he's opening an oyster with a knife! It goes like this. I will not lend thee a penny... Thomas Swann as Falstaff I will not lend thee a penny. Robert Harley as Pistol Why, then the world's mine oyster. Which I with sword will open. Queen Elizabeth I The world's mine oyster. It's full of money and treasure....
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Ageism and age discrimination
Society, Politics & Law

Ageism and age discrimination

...Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they're a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject and/or commitment to continuing professional development. In addition, you can also download your own OpenLearn statement of participation when you complete the course...Ageism and age discrimination: Learning outcomes - After...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...Source: Muncie and McLaughlin, 1996, p. 37) Discussion How did you get on? It may be that you are a perfectly law-abiding citizen who has never knowingly committed a crime. Our answers indicate that at best, if convicted only a single time in each case, we would have spent a total of six years in jail and been fined up to £61,000! As you might imagine we don't consider...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...Open University Inclusive Practice Leadership and Management Masters pathways....Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through: Introduction - This course will help you to think about your professional educational situation and the ways in which you can develop your practices alongside others. It will provide you with a better understanding of competing values within the...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....What do we mean by digital health and social care?: Introduction - This free course, What do we mean by digital health and social care?, will focus on digital health and social care technologies. Digital health technologies encompass a range of innovations and interventions. During this course you will...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...Open University, and he said, ‘I've been reading this, and I think maths is a good subject for you.’ We would play on a Saturday. I have a Sunday off, so Monday after training, I would spend a couple hours studying. I played for Birmingham and Bolton in the Premier League. And my first game for Birmingham was against Chelsea, the first game of the season. And we lost...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What were Victorian pauper's graves like?
History & The Arts

What were Victorian pauper's graves like?

...opened for about four weeks. The grave was what is called a pauper's grave. Such graves as these were kept open until there 17 or 18 bodies interred in them; there was only the body of a still-born infant in the one in question. It was not the custom to put any earth between the coffins in those graves, except in case where the persons died of contagious diseases and in...
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Article 10 mins
Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact
Science, Maths & Technology

Rare diseases: low numbers, high impact

...Open University. Like most inherited rare diseases, CLN3 disease is passed on in a recessive manner, through genes carrying mutations. Our cells contain pairs of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent. One chromosome holds a full set of genes, so we have two copies of each gene in total. Someone with one normal CLN3 gene and one mutant copy of the CLN3 gene would be...
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