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Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...works, word-lists, and mathematical problems and tables. Nearly all of the texts that give us our fullest understanding of Babylonian mathematics—indeed, of any mathematics before the Greeks—date from about 1800—1600 BC. During this period, King Hammurabi unified Mesopotamia out of a rabble of small city-states into an empire whose capital was Babylon, which was on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...Working Group III for the 6th assessment cycle. He was awarded a CBE for services to sustainable energy in 2013 and an OBE for services to sustainable transport in 2004. © ​ The Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Jim Skea's interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer JS: = Jim Skea, Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow RH: Jim Skea thanks...
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Audio 5 mins
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...works in a scientific sense, and that a scientific view is necessary for us to study how performance in sport is linked to performance of the body explain the function of the heart briefly and looks at the importance of healthy hearts in sport, by looking at athletes and efficient hearts understand the topics of blood and blood flow understand the role of oxygen and the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...working with people to change behaviours, attitudes and values, whilst managers are more likely to maintain the performance of people and systems. However, from an academic perspective, educational leadership and management remain as contested concepts! Activity 1: Leadership and management Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes Consider the ‘leadership and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...work is still so relevant today. You will meet characters from ancient myth like Actaeon the hunter who was turned into a stag, and Ta’aroa the ancient Pacific Islander god who lived in a shell. And you will discover how ancient stories still give us new ways of thinking about the modern world’s biggest questions...In an age where machines seem to be doing more and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...works of art...In this free course, Napoleonic paintings, we will examine a range of Napoleonic imagery by David, Gros and a number of other artists, beginning with comparatively simple single-figure portraits and moving on to elaborate narrative compositions, such as Jaffa and Eylau. In so doing, we will have three main aims: to develop your skills of visual analysis; to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Could we control our climate? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Could we control our climate?

...work out how many occurrences we should expect of things happening. For example, you saw in Figure 4 the density at 14°C temperature was approximately 0.18. But because there was one measurement per day in the data set, the distribution is made up of 365 measurements. So, The number of times we expect to get a temperature of 14°C = number of measurements* probability...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...social interaction in society, such as excluding certain liability in contract law or imposing liability for certain types of anti-social behaviour. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course W101An introduction to law...The law-making process in England and Wales: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to:...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs