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Living with a learning disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with a learning disability

...out if people with learning disabilities have more independence now institutions are closed and if it has led to a greater inclusion within local communities...How would you feel if you couldn't choose what clothes you wanted to wear or buy? Find out for yourself, as this is just one of the scenarios covered in our interactive. Select here to begin the interactive......
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Activity 5 mins
Why do volcanoes erupt?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do volcanoes erupt?

...out a shower of ejecta. If the bubble bursts gently, the ejecta flops out around the rim of the conduit. Strombolian activity More violent bubble bursting throws ejecta to greater heights, and this sort of episodic activity is described as strombolian, after the active Mediterranean volcano Stromboli. Sometimes the expansion of vesicles in a basaltic conduit can cause...
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Article 15 mins
60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage
Society, Politics & Law

60 second adventures in economics: The Principle Of Comparative Advantage

...out about The Open University's Economics courses. Transcript: Whether you think economies work best if they're left alone or that governments need to do something to get them working, the one thing that can’t be controlled is the rest of the world. Fear of foreign competition once led countries to try and produce everything they needed, and impose heavy taxes to keep...
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World Heart Day 2016
Miscellaneous

World Heart Day 2016

...out all about your ticker with our free courses and activities concerning the heart...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing qualifications. World Heart Day was created in 2000 to inform people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.3 million lives each year and the numbers are rising....
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MK gallery
History & The Arts

MK gallery

...out what the Gallery does to reach a wider range of people and to engage with different communities...Inclusivity This series of interviews explores how MK Gallery embeds inclusivity into the day to day running of the organisation. Transcript Community This collection of interviews shows the ways in which MK Gallery works with different community groups within the city...
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Are you a focused driver?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a focused driver?

...out if you’re alert when behind the wheel. Your attention will be put to the test...It's easy to get distracted. Losing concentration when driving can have serious consequences. Try our interactive test and you'll be asked to complete a task whilst travelling along a road. It sounds easy, but is it? Turn up your sound and select here to begin. [Inattention blindness...
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Activity 10 mins
How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can you tell if a signal from space is an alien communication?

...out if a strange signal from space really is a message from aliens? The simple answer is that you have to rule out everything else first and only then can you think it may be aliens. As Sherlock Holmes said: “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” But eliminating all the other possibilities isn’t exactly...
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Article 5 mins
Pumice
Science, Maths & Technology

Pumice

...out more about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications Pumice is a fine-grained volcanic rock. It is very light grey to medium grey in colour. It contains a lot of empty gas bubbles, so it is very light and looks rather like a sponge. Sometimes pumice is so light that it will float on water. [Pummice] Pummice How is it formed? Pumice is formed when...
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