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The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'
Health, Sports & Psychology

The ageing brain: 'use it or lose it'

...central computer where everything that is happening in our bodies and minds gets processed. It is interesting that our brain consumes around 20% of all glucose and 20% of all oxygen consumed by the whole body. [old man with a shovel (asian)] As we know, exercise helps to keep our blood regularly circulating. Regular circulation of blood is hugely important for all our...
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Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive
Education & Development

Five tips to make online teaching neuroinclusive

...central to distance education, yet many educators still feel unsure how to support neurodivergent learners. Cora Beth Fraser shares five practical, compassionate ways to make your digital classroom more inclusive...I’ve been working in Online and Distance Education for twenty years, and in that time I’ve watched online teaching take shape as a mainstream mode of...
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Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...central computer, which has records of your account in an electronic filing system known as a database. Financial services have undergone huge changes in recent years as a result of developments in the digital technologies driving them. The examples just described show how convenient and accessible such services have become. Yet at the same time, issues of identity and...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...central star, so the mass of the disc (Mdisc) is much lower than the mass of the star (M*). [Described image] Figure 1 (a) Some of the first images of protoplanetary discs, in the Orion nebula, taken in 1993 with HST. (b) Protoplanetary disc in Orion, imaged with JWST in 2022. The orbit of Neptune is shown for scale. The presence of planets in protoplanetary discs is...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...central focus of development studies is how social and economic change can be achieved successfully. Critical to this success is institutional development, as it is through developments in institutions that development in the policies that drive change can be achieved. However, institutions are rich and complex phenomena, and institutional development is a rich and...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...central functions of all organisations. This free course, Understanding operations management, will provide you with a basic framework for understanding this function, whether producing goods or services or in the private, public or voluntary sectors. In addition, this OpenLearn course discusses the role of operations managers and the importance of focusing on suppliers...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Wikipedia Activism restore diversity to science?

...central knowledge base. Adding a scientist can be a big project – but it’s rewarding, and exciting to discover more about people who inspire you. It’s not just that you find new heroes you’d not heard of before either. Their work can change your thinking. That happened to me when I was looking for an African-American woman scientist to add last year in Black...
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Why do some cities thrive?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do some cities thrive?

...central policy decisions and budgets to regions. “In this context, while fiscal devolution is desirable, differences between cities could assume greater significance,” says Martin. “If cities and regions take more control of the purse strings, they will need to know where best to invest resources to help them thrive. This research programme is ambitious but we are...
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