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John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...work needed to do complicated calculations, such as those required in astronomy and navigation. Napier’s ‘excellent brief rules’ were quickly adopted and improved upon. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Mathematics...This free course looks at Scotsman John Napier (1550-1617) and his invention which radically altered the course of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...working for about 23 years and I’m currently working on a number of projects including One Planet, Waking Giants and Skyworld. How I got started I was drawn to work at the Natural History Unit after doing a degree actually in human sciences and being really inspired by looking at the world in quite a multi-disciplinary way and seeing that actually there was a real...
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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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Article 20 mins
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
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
AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

...work, and social commitments. Copilot has boosted your productivity and made you feel more in control of your day. This session is your guide to making this scenario your reality. You’ll learn how to use the power of Microsoft Copilot to optimise both your personal life and your professional life...Boost your productivity with Microsoft Copilot: Learning outcomes - This...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 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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Audio 15 mins