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All the Fun of the Fair
Science, Maths & Technology

All the Fun of the Fair

...work. This material makes up part of The Open University course MST209 Mathematical methods and models... All the Fun of the Fair A short introduction to this album. Circular Motion and the Chairoplane Roundabout The Nottingham Goose fair provides the backdrop to numerous examples of circular motion. A ride showing uniform motion in the horizontal plane. The Millennium...
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Audio 14 mins
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...working as intermediaries. In this business model, value is created through the combined activities of the restaurant and the rider who relate to the client by the app platform. The clients benefit from the standardised interaction with the restaurant and so does the restaurant, which receives an order without having to deal with clients directly. [A deliveroo delivery...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...work through this course, you’ll come to understand these phases much better. Five broad phases of devolution: administrative devolution (1964-1999) executive devolution with secondary law-making powers (1999-2007) executive devolution with enhanced secondary powers (2007-2011) legislative devolution under a ‘conferred powers’ model (2011-2018) legislative...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...work,” says Diana Wall, a soil ecologist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, who also chairs the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, an international scientific collaboration. “If they were just soil and carbon and no life, we’d be on Mars, where you have soil, but not life in it. It’s the life in soil that benefits us.” Making soils work again...
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The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...work out how long it has taken to fall. Mathematics provides a natural medium for rational argument. Given an equation that relates various quantities, the rules of mathematics allow that equation to be re-expressed in a number of different but logically equivalent ways, all of which are valid if the original equation was valid. Given two equations, mathematical reasoning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...socially and when working.’...Gaelic in modern Scotland: 3.1.2 The big picture - There were 58,652 people in Scotland who spoke Gaelic at the time of the 2001 National Census, while a further 33,700 could understand the language. Of the Gaelic speakers, 33,315 (57 per cent of the total) lived in the historical Gaelic heartland of the Highlands and Islands. The Western...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Martin Holt On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...work on systems education courses in 1991 having first come across the concepts as part of his postgraduate OU studies in Manufacturing. Martin describes his approach to STIP as: “A Curious person. I try to follow the adage of learning something new every day though these days it’s more about trying to remember something I’ve forgotten. What approaches and sectors...
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World Bipolar Day
Health, Sports & Psychology

World Bipolar Day

...work life and enjoying weeks, months or sometimes years of stable mood. As long as someone gets the right treatment and support, it really is possible to live well with bipolar. [A mood scale from bipolar UK]Bipolar uk mood scale. Download PDF here.Show description Supporting people with bipolar While much of the work we do at Bipolar UK is to encourage wider...
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