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How do you tell the biological sex of a T-Rex?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do you tell the biological sex of a T-Rex?

...source for egg production. It can be easily mobilised from within an animal and transferred to the developing egg, and is therefore highly gender-specific for sexually mature females*. Medullary bone is stored in the long bones of birds. That is their arms and legs, pretty much. As we know that birds are descended from dinosaurs, that means if we find medullary bone in...
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Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...Open University short courses for teachers and student teachers...Assessment in secondary science: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate what it means to make progress in science outline the features of formative assessment use a variety of techniques to assess students’ conceptual understanding evaluate the implementation of...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Introduction to business agility
Money & Business

Introduction to business agility

...sources of wait time? In order to accelerate flow, what do you want to tackle first? The business agility patterns described in the next sections are fundamental enablers for improvements in Better Value Sooner Safer Happier outcomes within your organisation. Brief summaries are provided, but further information about these patterns can be found on YouTube at...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Commercial awareness
Money & Business

Commercial awareness

...Open University course BG020 Commercial awareness...Commercial awareness: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate what an organisation exists to do: the value it creates appreciate a personal position within the organisation and how others relate to it relate the concept of a value chain to a personal working context, whilst...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...Open University’s True Potential Centre. We ended last week on Managing My Investments by looking at the factors that drive the levels of interest rates and share prices – two of the key factors that affect the returns from investments. This week, we look in detail at the variety of investment types, or ‘asset classes’ available to personal investors. We’ll look...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Digital innovation in social care and social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Digital innovation in social care and social work

...Open University course K102 Introducing health and social care....Digital innovation in social care and social work: Introduction - In this free course, Digital innovation in social care and social work, you will learn about how digital technology has made a difference, both to social care sector and people living in their own communities. There are many ways in which...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course E315 Contemporary sport and exercise issues....Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study: Introduction - In this course, doping (performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs) is used as an example of how contemporary issues in sport might be studied. Doping is used to illustrate how you can think about...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...sourcing (guide here). Before sowing the seed, prepare the ground by removing existing vegetation and creating bare patches, so the seed has space to germinate. Sow the seed when the weather is wet and warm. Autumn (September to November) is the best time of year. For larger areas, you may be able to source a hay crop from a nearby meadow, which contains a good range of...
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