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Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...think, what might have caused some of his sample to die and the rest to live? After a lot of time and effort in his lab, Fleming worked out that some of his sample had been contaminated by a particular fungus, which he then managed to grow himself. As an ex-soldier in World War I, he'd seen hundreds of soldiers die due to bacterial infection. And he figured that if the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Art in Renaissance Venice
History & The Arts

Art in Renaissance Venice

...system of the arts detached it. 4 The hierarchical distinctions of the canon have come to seem out of tune with our own cultural hybridity in an epoch of globalisation. That said, no one could sensibly argue with claims for the relevance of an understanding of Renaissance art to the subsequent western tradition. 5 What stands at issue are the terms of that understanding....
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
White dwarfs and neutron stars
Science, Maths & Technology

White dwarfs and neutron stars

...system on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) show that many of the asymmetries in planetary nebulae derive from structures that first formed while the star was on the AGB. They appear to be the result of orbiting companions, either a binary companion star or a massive planet (see Figure 2c). These can either transfer angular momentum to the ejecta and form a constraining...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...thinking Something's bound to go wrong But she looks in my eyes And makes me realize [Chorus] And she says (Don't worry baby) “Don't worry baby (Don't worry baby) Everything will turn out alright” (Don't worry baby) Don’t worry baby (Don't worry baby) [Verse 2] I guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut When I started to brag about my car But I can't back down now...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Getting started with German 1
Languages

Getting started with German 1

...think of any famous German speakers (past or present)? Would you know which German speaking country they come from? Finally, we’ll start counting the numbers 1-10. The numbers are a great way to become familiar with some basic rules of German pronunciation. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course LGXG001 Beginners German 1: fang...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...think might be taken up by the debt that Africa owes to the West? Let's take a look. So there it is, 227 billion is what Africa owes. And the recent financial crisis, how much of this diagram might that figure take up? What did that cost the world? Let's take a look at that. Doosh, I think is the appropriate sound effect from that much money. 11,900 billion. So, by...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...think it gives majesty. I do not praise it … for there is more admiration and praise for the painter who imitates the rays of gold with colours’ (Alberti, 1966 [1435], p. 85). Here Alberti confronts the mentality that looked to precious materials for ostentation, and suggests that prestige lies in the prowess of the artist alone. Alberti goes further, however, in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...systems and cause these changes. You will consider flows of water, heat and even pollution around the planet and look at how, through positive feedback processes, the flows that are affecting the Arctic are already changing the whole planet. There will be further changes, with an impact on us all. The Arctic is often considered a victim of climate change – and it...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs