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Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...becomes infected. Here a distinction is made between the infectious disease caused by a particular agent and the disease symptoms. Unfortunately there is a lot of confusion in common parlance about different diseases. Often, people say that they have ‘a bit of flu’ when they have an infection with some other virus, or a bacterium that produces flu-like symptoms. Such...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...becomes almost closed off at maturity. Members of the Insectivora have numerous (up to 44) small teeth. Look at Figure 2a, which shows the skull and lower jaw of the hedgehog. [Figure 2] Figure 2a: adapted from Reeve, N. (1994) Hedgehogs, illustrated by Ruth Lindsay, T. & A.D. Poyser Natural History Series; Figure 2b: adapted from Churchfield, S. (1986) Shrews, Anthony...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...Becoming a parent extends this timeline. Not only will it happen in her daughter’s lifetime, but ‘it’s already happening’. Recording a programme from the melting glaciers of Northern Norway, Laura Tobin found herself crying on camera. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t want it to be about me crying; I wanted it to be about the science. But I just saw the reality of it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters
Society, Politics & Law

LGBTQIA rights: why The Good Friday Agreement matters

...OU collection exploring why Good Friday Agreement matters 25 yars on This arcicle is part of "A Peace of Us", our special collection of resources exploring why the Good Friday Agreement is relevant to our lives 25 years since its signing. New energy: why the Good Friday Agreement helped the LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement There has never been a better time to be LGBTQIA+...
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Article 5 mins
Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...OU), in partnership with Dance Educates and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families. The video in this article shows a brief activity to illustrate how movement can be used to embody learning. Critically, it’s important to emphasise with the Dancemotion approach as a whole, it is the teachers’ and children’s interest and engagement with the content...
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Article 15 mins
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...becoming more of a commercial activity, rather than the more pastoral practice that has been taking place in previous decades. NARRATOR: Fewer people are now directly involved in farming land they own. Investors buying up the land are farming at arm’s length. BEN TAYLOR: On the most part, investors don’t seek to farm the land themselves. They’d far rather take a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...students. Income (flow over time) A teacher receives her monthly income. Income (flow over time) The government pays someone without work unemployment benefit. Income (flow over time) An increase in the value of shares owned in EasyJet PLC. Wealth (stock at a given point of time) Savings account Wealth (stock at a given point of time) The ownership of a 3-bedroom house...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs