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Grad, Div and Curl
Science, Maths & Technology

Grad, Div and Curl

...course MST209, Mathematical methods and models... Grad, Div and Curl A short introduction to this album. Grad Introduction to this gradient vector. What is meant by 'steepness of a path' on a hillside. Div Introduction to the divergence div. Heat flow and temperature distribution inside a modern nuclear reactor. Curl Introduction to this vector operation through the...
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Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...Open University. Transcript Sir David Attenborough Interview 2015 Earth in Vision Project What first sparked your interest in the natural world? Finding fossils, I think, but then I don’t think that’s in the least remarkable, I don’t know any four-year-old who’s not interested in the natural world, I truly don’t. I think that every child starts with a...
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Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics
Languages

Unparliamentary language: the benefits of swearing in politics

...course, it’s always important to look beyond the words themselves to see how language is being used to create a particular effect. That’s not to say they don’t occasionally swear in public. Or that swearing doesn’t have a particular place in political rhetoric. During the 2017 general election campaign, for example, Theresa May very pointedly described herself in...
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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...Open University's Language courses and qualifications. Germany has discovered a new social type that is causing grief in modern diverse societies: the “Integrationsverweigerer;” literally someone who refuses to integrate, a “Verweigerer” is a “conscientious objector” or a “refusenik.” The principal characteristic of a “Integrationsverweigerer” is that...
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Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...Open University's Environment courses. Digital carbon footprints and the remote workforce Today many companies find themselves at the intersection of two global workforce megatrends – distributed, remote workforces and the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation. These two trends have disrupted the notion of the workplace and the employer’s sphere of workforce...
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Different cultures, different childhoods
History & The Arts

Different cultures, different childhoods

...Open University's History courses and qualifications and Early Years courses and qualifications. [Children in tent - Corbis] When I look back on my own childhood in the 1970s and 80s and compare it with children today, it reminds me of that famous sentence ‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’ (from L. P. Hartley’s novel The Go-Between)....
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Wild about wildlife: Explore the animal kingdom
Nature & Environment

Wild about wildlife: Explore the animal kingdom

...the natural world. Explore this collection of free OpenLearn courses and articles to discover more about mammals, birds, insects and other wildlife. Find out how different species have evolved and adapted to their environments, why biodiversity matters, and explore some of the pressures facing wildlife and ecosystems today, from invasive species to environmental change....
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Modelling pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling pollution

...The material forms part of course MSXR209 Mathematical Modelling... Modelling pollution A short introduction to this album. Pollution in the Great Lakes From equations to models – experts explain water quality modelling and describe types of pollution. Modelling pollution Finding solutions to subtle and complex problems. Exploring how chemicals impact the environment....
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