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Understanding mortgages
Money & Business

Understanding mortgages

...studying this course, you should: be able to understand how banks and other lenders like building societies make decisions about providing mortgages know the different types of mortgage products available and the interest rates that apply to them know the benefits in proactively managing your mortgage – for example by periodically moving from one product to another be...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dirt, waste and revulsion: How cultures cope with leftovers and mess

...Switzerland. Amanda Vickery: In lakes. Laurie Taylor: Yes This is an adapted transcript of the Thinking Allowed special recorded at The Wellcome Collection and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on June 8th 2011. Find out more More Thinking Allowed from the BBC and The Open University Study social sciences with The Open University Study health & social care with The Open University...
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Article 30 mins
Energy resources: solar energy
Nature & Environment

Energy resources: solar energy

...study in Science. You may also be interested in our badged course Can renewable energy sources power the world?...Energy resources: Solar energy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the principles that underlie the ability of various natural phenomena to deliver solar energy outline the technologies that are used to harness the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list
Science, Maths & Technology

Taxes and privacy: A tech business reading list

...study from earlier this year, more than 40 percent of American adults get their news from Facebook. Facebook — and its algorithm — are extremely powerful and exert huge amounts of control over what type of news coverage a significant number of its users see. So what does it mean when it’s promoting blatantly false news and clickbait aggregation? How can legitimate...
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Audio 5 mins
Scottish nurses striking out
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish nurses striking out

...Studies, 6(4). Hamilton, W. MP (1974) Hansard Vol 875, 17 June Widgery, D. (1976) ‘Unions and Strikes in the National Health Service in Britain’, International Journal of Health Services, 6(2). Aberdeen Press and Journal, 15 January 1988. Lothian Courier, 26 February 1988. Daily Record, 25 February 1988. Delamothe, T. (1988) ‘Nursing Grievances’, British Medical...
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The Life of Saint Andrew
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Andrew

...studied punctually to practise all his lessons and copy his example; but he often returned home to his fishing trade. He was with his master when St. John Baptist seeing Jesus pass by the day after he had been baptized by him, said: Behold the Lamb of God. Andrew, by the ardour and purity of his desires, and his fidelity in every religious practice, deserved to be so far...
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‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining
Health, Sports & Psychology

‘Making Food Allergies Your Business’ Podcast Series on safer dining

...study carried out in the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2018 revealed that food-induced anaphylaxis was the cause of 152 deaths and that over 30,000 hospital admissions were linked to the condition (Baseggio Conrado et al., 2021). From this work, it seems that nuts and tree nuts are the most common cause of death in young adults while cow’s milk is the most common single...
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Audio 2 hrs
Listening for form in popular music
History & The Arts

Listening for form in popular music

...study the form of several popular songs, including ‘Be My Baby’, ‘Suspicious Minds’, ‘Midnight Special’ and ‘It’s Only a Paper Moon’. You will look at three strategies for communicating form – through the use of specialist terms (such as ‘chorus’ and ‘bridge’), alphabetic designations (for example AABA), and visual diagrams. You will also learn...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs