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Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...communicate a signal within the brain and to other body tissues, causing entry to hibernation. Serum from hibernating animals such as the woodchuck (Marmota monax; Figure 8), when injected into active animals, can induce torpor. Partly purified serum extracts are also able to induce hibernation-like behavioural changes in a variety of mammalian species. Chemical analysis...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...community centre and want to gather some data on the people who use your services. You would like to know the following information: whether they are male or female if they use the centre during the day or during the evening which age category they are in: 0–25, 26–50, 51+. Design a suitable data collection sheet to gather the information. Answer Your chart should...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...community infrastructure and refurbishing schools – estimated to create 90 000 jobs and to boost annual GDP by 1% after two years (Vu and Tanton, 2010, p. 129). The official UK government position in 1929, however, as summarised by the Balfour Committee on Industry and Trade, was that a programme of this kind ‘could not provide employment in their own trades for any...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
Getting started on ancient Greek
History & The Arts

Getting started on ancient Greek

...communities settled and flourished. In addition to the area covered by modern Greece, these include parts of Turkey, Sicily, Southern Italy and North Africa (Map 1). Greek extended its reach after the conquests of Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE), when it became the language of culture and administration across the eastern Mediterranean and beyond. Egypt was of...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Everyday maths 1
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 48 hours of study time. It is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything to study. They...
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Free course 48 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol

...communicate novel ideas through metaphors and stories, and that's still the most successful way of doing it.' (Snowden, 2022) Mae adrodd straeon yn adnodd pwerus ar gyfer ymgysylltu eraill a helpu pobl i ddeall problemau a'r byd, drwy eu helpu i weld yr hyn sy'n bosibl mewn ffordd y gellir uniaethu â hi ac sy'n ystyrlon iddyn nhw. Gall hyn hefyd gynorthwyo gydag annog...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 48 hours of study time. It is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open University’s OpenLearn website and do not cost anything to study. They...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Mathemateg bob dydd 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Mathemateg bob dydd 2

...las, mae cyfanswm o saith rhan i gyd. Nesaf, mae angen ichi weithio allan beth yw gwerth un rhan. I wneud hyn, rhannwch gyfanswm y caniau o baent a archebwyd â chyfanswm y rhannau. 56 wedi’i rannu â 7 yw 8. Mae un rhan yn werth wyth can. Nawr eich bod yn gwybod mai 8 can yw un rhan o’r paent, gallwch weithio allan beth mae pedair rhan yn werth. 8 x 4 = 32. Felly mae...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs