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Discuss: Housing for the working class
Society, Politics & Law

Discuss: Housing for the working class

...below, then give us some more of your thoughts, experiences and memories of working class housing in the comments section lower down this page. Once you've discussed housing, you can visit other discussion hubs about working class work, leisure, representation and struggle. You can also order a free journal of working class life to dig deeper in to each of these issues....
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Environmental Science in the Field
Science, Maths & Technology

Environmental Science in the Field

...course which introduces a range of practical skills appropriate to the study of environmental science. You visit a variety of sites where you apply your knowledge of biology, chemistry, earth sciences and physics to study interactions and feedback in the environment, including landforms, soils, water and vegetation. These field studies are supported by tutorials and...
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Exploring Sports
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring Sports

...course considers the body as an engine, its fuel requirements and mechanics. The course also look at improving sports performance through coaching and the place of sport in society, why it is there and what motivates competitors and spectators. This material forms part of The Open University course Y164 Exploring sport online... Exploring Sports An introduction to...
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The Open University Worldwide
OpenLearn Ireland

The Open University Worldwide

...courses to degree–level study, the quality of The Open University’s teaching programmes and tutors is renowned and respected across the globe. The Open University has pioneered a unique distance education method called supported open learning, a radical alternative to traditional campus teaching. The Open University is open to new educational methods to support...
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Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...course K272, Challenging ideas in mental health... Challenging ideas in mental health A short introduction to this album. A quiet night on Roundhay Wing An abstract dramatisation set in the year 2000. We are introduced to Roundhay Ward, a psychiatric wing of a large hospital in Leeds. The lost souls A patient (Jonathan X) wakes up from a dream surrounded by 3 lost souls....
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Using and managing waste
Science, Maths & Technology

Using and managing waste

...course T210 Environmental control and public health... Using and managing waste A brief introduction to this album Waste Minimisation Cutting down the amount of waste we create per household is our biggest challenge. Waste Re-use How your recycling gets separated and processed. When to re-use packaging, opt for composting, or incinerate waste to produce energy. Waste...
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How I wrote Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How I wrote Frankenstein

...free. I lived principally in the country as a girl, and passed a considerable time in Scotland. I made occasional visits to the more picturesque parts; but my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee. Blank and dreary on retrospection I call them; they were not so to me then. They were the eyry of freedom, and the pleasant...
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Diffusion bonding (SPF/DB or form bonding)
Science, Maths & Technology

Diffusion bonding (SPF/DB or form bonding)

...free from oxide, which may act as a barrier to diffusion. Bonding is usually carried out under a vacuum or inert gas, since the long bonding time and high temperatures can cause surface contamination. If the diffusion bonding temperature coincides with the superplastic forming temperature, the two processes can be combined. This is known as form bonding or superplastic...
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