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Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza
Health, Sports & Psychology

Belfast: Racing to the top for the Grande Partenza

...Open University building in the city centre. By sheer coincidence, the ‘Big Start’ route passes close to Cherryvale Sports Ground where the tyre was tested on a bicycle, before Dunlop patented his invention in 1888. Belfast is ahead of the pack in terms of cycling as a form of commuting. Census data from 2001-2011 reports that Belfast saw a 60% rise in the number of...
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DIY: Make Your Own Soap
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Make Your Own Soap

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications In theory, you can make soap by treating almost any fat or oil with sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide (for a 'soft' soap). Some recipes use animal fats like tallow (from beef) or lard (from pork). Others use vegetable oils, like coconut or olive oil. Soapmaking (or saponification as the chemical reaction is...
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Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications If so, you are not alone. Everyday superstitions are widespread, with surveys regularly finding at least a quarter of the UK population being actively superstitious. Often, they take the form of harmless habits. But it’s worth considering what superstitions are and how they come about. As we will see, they...
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How inclusive is women’s football?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How inclusive is women’s football?

...Open University's Sport and Fitness courses and qualifications. As England won Euro 2022 with Chloe Kelly's memorable extra-time winner, it means that they will be one of the favourites for the 2023 World Cup starting in July. The popularity of the Lionesses might also be because, at least for some, they have come to symbolise “girl power”, promoting and inspiring...
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The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018
Society, Politics & Law

The fight for equal pay: Glasgow City Council, 2018

...Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Context The 1970 Equal Pay Act prohibited less favourable treatment between men and women in terms of pay and conditions of employment. In 2020 the pay gap in the UK was 15.5%, meaning on average women were paid 84.5p for every £1 men earned. (ONS, 2020). In 2006 Glasgow City Council (GCC) introduced a...
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Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...Open University and I'm joined here today by Doctor Nick Middleton from Saint Anne’s College Oxford. Nick is a geographer but he is also a travel writer, a broadcaster and an environmental consultant. Thank you for joining me today Nick. We’re – we’re here to talk about your new book, relatively new book, which came out last year An Atlas of Countries That Don't...
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Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life

...opens it, revealing a small hole. Charles sniffs at it… and moves on. The hole is re-closed, and there’s a clink of metal as the next plate is yanked back. This time, Charles is gripped. He sniffs hard, scratching at the metal, the five claws on each paw splayed with the pressure. The technician calls out “Two!” Over by the window, her colleague is holding a...
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Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SG071 Learn about microbes...Microbes – friend or foe?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, language, concepts and principles relating to microbiology and its importance and applications in...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs