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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...study into drugs: "Professor Nutt and colleagues have developed a Cause of Harm Index compiled by scientific experts, which compares the harms done to individuals and to society by individual drugs, including tobacco and alcohol. By this measure alcohol is more harmful than most of the drugs which are now currently illegal and responsible for the deaths of 8,000 people in...
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Article 5 mins
The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds
History & The Arts

The winding garden path: Radicalism amongst the flower beds

...Studies at the University of Salford. He now joins me in the studio together with Tim Jordan, Senior Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College, London. It is difficult in a way, George isn't it to start off with to think about the garden as being radical? I mean let's talk about its general image. Generally it's suburban, it's restful. George...
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Article 15 mins
'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics
Society, Politics & Law

'Keeping it Real': The Experiences of Black Youth beyond Criminal (In)Justice Statistics

...statistics, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. A pre-publication and edited version of an article published here. References Bentham, M. (2014) ‘London Gang Members commit 6600 crimes including 24 murders in three years’, London Evening Standard, 12 March. Townsend, M. (2015) ‘No convictions over 500 black and Asian deaths in custody’, The Observer, 21 March....
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Video 20 mins
Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...skills to cope with studying SDK100. Finally, if you have any questions about this course, or about studying health sciences with The Open University, you can discuss these with Claire Rostron on the course forum...Infection and immunity: References - Week 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015) 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa – case counts [Online]....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...study in Economics....The economics of flood insurance: Introduction - This short course is a taster of the Open University Level 2 module, Economics in Practice. It will introduce you to some of the practical ways that the theories, tools and techniques of economics are used and impact on our everyday lives. You will look at the issue of flooding, a problem with a long...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the meaning of the words ‘God’ and ‘religion’ understand what the main questions are in philosophy of religion have a better sense of the differences between philosophical questions or arguments and other kinds of questions or arguments think about the relation between belief and evidence, faith and proof...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...study of tides and tidal flows is necessary in the design of harbours, canals, protective barrier schemes, drainage pipe lines, offshore structures, etc...This course introduces the properties of the atmosphere and how wind movements arise. It explores pressures and the Earth’s motion, the development of weather system, and the Earth’s oceans and seas. Understanding...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...Studies 2: language and culture of the French-speaking world...Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: make comparisons in French recognise the construction of verbs followed by a preposition and an infinitive appreciate the distinctive nature of French cinema recognise the vocabulary of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs