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A brief history of evolution
History & The Arts

A brief history of evolution

...publications. Professor Jones thinks that the relaxing of natural selection in the developed world and the fact that families these days have more or less the same number of offspring means that human evolution has effectively stopped. On the idea that human evolution might have stopped: "I really just know about snails, and the beauty of evolution is that it gives...
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Article 30 mins
An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Education & Development

An introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

...public for their immediate use or for repurposing according to the users’ needs. This fast-paced Short History of English , for example, was loaded onto YouTube by The Open University in 2011. The History of English in 10 Minutes Chapter Two, the Norman Conquest, or Excuse My English. 1066. True to his name, William the Conqueror invades England, bringing new concepts...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Biofuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Biofuels

...public discourse about biofuels but actually much of it is not very correct in some way because it - the discourse - tries to treat it as though it's a single subject but actually there's many different subjects. For example, there's many ways to produce ethanol. Some are environmentally positive. Some may be environmentally negative. And so inevitably in these...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...public performance itself. Finally, the video shows the whole public performance. After you have studied the clips for this case study, you should be familiar, at least in general terms, with the following points. What is meant by the term rag (mode, melodic framework), and what Rag Rageshree sounds like (we will not, however, be analysing the rag itself in any detail)....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Managing my money for young adults Badge icon
Money & Business

Managing my money for young adults

...health, education, defence, public order and safety, protection of the environment and recreation. Money raised in taxes goes a long way towards paying for the physical and social framework in which citizens live and work. This money is raised and spent collectively. It reduces the need for private expenditure. Without it, the costs of health, education and much of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles
Health, Sports & Psychology

Llywio drwy les: Edrych ar iechyd meddwl a lles

...S, Heinz A, Kastrup M, Beezhold J, Sartorius N. Toward a new definition of mental health. World Psychiatry. 2015;14(2):231-233. doi:10.1002/wps.20231. Mae’r adnodd hwn yn rhan o ‘Gasgliad Llesiant ac Iechyd Meddwl’ wedi ei greu gan y Brifysgol Agored yng Nghymru. Gallwch ddysgu mwy a dod o hyd i gyrsiau, erthyglau a gweithgareddau eraill ar dudalen hafan y casgliad....
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Article 10 mins
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...health. Education is a widely accepted humanitarian obligation and an internationally mandated human right. These claims are neither controversial nor new. (Cohen, Bloom & Malin, 2006 p. v) However, despite such claims, delivering education based on equality for all people is neither universal nor historically significant, and it continues to compete with a range of other...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Taking your first steps into higher education Badge icon
Education & Development

Taking your first steps into higher education

...public art on display, and also regular exhibitions of contemporary art in the academic library. It’s the sort of thing you might see in your local town or city. Here in Milton Keynes, our new gallery opened in 1999. It opened with a large exhibition by Gilbert & George, who as you'll find out just a little later in the course won the Turner prize in 1986 for their...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs