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Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...study in Environment & Development...Understanding water quality: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe the chemical compositions of natural waters, and explain how and why these compositions vary describe the main sources of water pollution, the main types of pollutant and how each type may be controlled outline the extent of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What was Lewis Carroll like?
History & The Arts

What was Lewis Carroll like?

...studies. His lectures were never dry." For twenty-six years he lectured at Oxford, finally giving up his post in 1881. From that time to the time of his death he remained in his college, taking no actual part in the tuition, but still enjoying the Fellowship that he had won in 1861. This is an official account, a brief sketch of an intensely interesting life. It tells...
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Article 10 mins
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...study in Science...Earthquakes: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: Explain the reasons for earthquakes Understand where in the world earthquakes are most likely to occur Describe the potential consequences of an earthquake Differentiate between earthquake intensity and earthquake magnitude Appreciate the enormous energies released by...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...is a skill that we often don't develop as much as we could. By looking for stories in charts, and trying to make sense of one line, for example, in the context of another, we can start to identify some of those thousand words that pictures are often claimed to save ("a picture is worth a thousand words")! Up next - Learn How to compare income across countries. Transcript...
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Video 30 mins
Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Languages

Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...study activities presented. These include comprehension, pronunciation and grammar exercises in the skills areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking. Studying this course should give you a basic overview, with some interesting examples and illustrations, of the importance of science and technology in France, and of the institutions and organisations whose aim is...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Cyflwyniad i efelychu digidol ym maes gofal iechyd
Health, Sports & Psychology

Cyflwyniad i efelychu digidol ym maes gofal iechyd

...study’, JMIR Medical Education, [ar-lein]. Ar gael yn: https://www.jmir.org/2013/2/e18/ (Cyrchwyd: 3 Mehefin 2025). Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) (2023) The ASPiH Standards – 2023: guiding simulation-based practice in health and care, [ar-lein]. Ar gael yn : https://aspih.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ASPiH-Standards-2023-CDN-Final.pdf...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...of questions: Do we push India into the arms of the Soviets, or do we try a conciliatory policy? Does China prefer the Soviets to be unchallenged in India, or do they prefer us to maintain some influence? We would have to try to answer these questions first. The first day's conversation soon came to an end. Intrigued? Discover how to study history with The Open University...
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Article 15 mins
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...studies were to be carried out to determine the causes of death. Cleaning Some of the materials and methods used for cleaning at the various centres proved to be unsuitable for emaciated and highly stressed birds. The process took far too long, the detergents caused irritation, and often oil stains were still left. Towards the end of the rescue operation Tremalon B, a...
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Article 10 mins