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What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...open and are reading to two children, who are stood either side of the chair.] Remember the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’? This German fairy tale was collected and published in Grimms’ first collection of tales in 1812. It is a story many of us may remember having read to us as children or finding on book-shelves at school. In this activity you will try to identify...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...Openness (with high scorers interested in art and abstract ideas, low scorers practical and down to earth), Conscientiousness (with high scorers methodical and dutiful, low scorers more distractible), and Agreeableness (with high scorers cooperative and trusting, and low scorers more aggressive and hostile). Together these make up the ‘big five’, or OCEAN (Openness,...
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Article 10 mins
Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...opens up the opportunity for some more honest discussion about veganism. These lively debates in exchanges illustrate many of the issues that we've discussed but they also see many of the old stereotypes and assumptions challenged. Like many progressive social movements, veganism still seems to stimulate a lot of defensive responses. -End of opinion piece- As veganism is...
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...Open University with support from the UK Government's National Cyber Security Programme and can be accessed free of charge. Please tell us more about your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and personal skill development! We would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to complete this survey and tell us about yourself and your experiences of CPD and lifelong...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...Open University course S296 Cell and molecular biology...Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline some of the key principles of microscopy (with a focus on fluorescent microscopy) and the differences between light, fluorescence (light) and electron microscopy describe some...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
World-Changing Women: Nur Jahan
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Nur Jahan

...Open University's History courses and qualifications Nur Jahan India 1577 - 1645 Imperial Rule [Nur Jahan image] Portrait of Nur Jahan In seventeenth-century northern India, upper-class women’s movements were very much restricted by the rules of purdah, that is, the seclusion of women from public view behind high-walled screens and curtains within the home. It is all...
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Ever Wondered About... Hamburgers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ever Wondered About... Hamburgers?

...opened in Woolwich in 1974. Science Choosing a good piece of meat can be difficult. It’s generally considered that the beef cuts with the most flavour are those which are ‘marbled’ in appearance, that is with white streaks of fat running through. Fat carries the flavour molecules, so it makes for tastier meat. It also affects the way flavours in food are released,...
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Integrated health, safety and environmental management
Science, Maths & Technology

Integrated health, safety and environmental management

...Open University course T835, Integrated health, safety and environmental management... Integrated health, safety and environmental management A brief introduction to this album. Risk and biscuit manufacture Fox's biscuit factory might not seem a terribly dangerous place, but in fact there are many risks involved with biscuit manufacture, and Fox's have evolved a stringent...
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