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Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...University’s Systems Group website. U316 The environmental web from which the spray diagram tutorial and WWP case study are derived. Particular thanks are also due to Sandrine Simone, Gloria Median, Bina Sharma and Rissa de la Paz. adapted from an image by Angela Sevin: the original can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/angela7/261618376 [Details correct as of 24...
Exploring the history of prisoner education Badge icon
History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...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 commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...University, about 80 km north of London) compare with the average for England or Wales (Table 2)? Answer Your answer to this will obviously depend on where you live. Near the OU in Milton Keynes the class of rivers is generally B, good. This compares well with the national average; 65% of English rivers fall into Classes A, B and C in Table 2. On an international scale,...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...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 commitment to your career, and to provide evidence of continuing professional development. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex
History & The Arts

The obscure history of the ‘virgin’s disease’ that could be cured with sex

...intercourse did the job. Or, to look at it another way, if this set of common symptoms appeared in a girl of marriageable age, the only diagnosis possible was “the disease of virgins”. [The Conversation] Transcript Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies, The Open University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
UK must balance food farming impacts
Nature & Environment

UK must balance food farming impacts

...University of Cambridge, and one of the report’s authors, says: “Land is a source of greenhouse gases if it is used to farm fertilizer-hungry crops or methane-producing cattle, or it can be a sink for greenhouse gases – through sequestration. “If we increase woodland and wetland, those lands will be storing carbon in trees, photosynthesising it in reeds, and...
Understanding Statements of participation
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Understanding Statements of participation

...University’ Tick ‘This certification does not expire’ Go back to OpenLearn Profile tab, right click on Download and copy the link In LinkedIn paste in ‘Certification URL’ Leave others blank and click 'Save' On LinkedIn your badge then appears in Accomplishments. If you click on ‘See certificate’ it takes you to the badge details page on OpenLearn. How can I...
Ceramic mould casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Ceramic mould casting

...University's Science courses and qualifications [Diagram to demonstrate ceramic mould casting] [Diagram to demonstrate ceramic mould casting] [Diagram explaining ceramic mould casting] Manufacture: An alternative to expendable pattern investment casting (“lost wax process”), and shell moulding. Permanent patterns of metal, wood, resin, plaster or rubber eliminate...