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General principles of cellular communication
Science, Maths & Technology

General principles of cellular communication

...overlooked the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...Open University course A225 The British Isles and the modern world, 1789–1914...National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how the concepts of ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’ emerged during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries understand the processes that led...
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...Open University. Nigel: For more information about Ethics Bites, and about the Open University, go to Open2.net. David: In 1975, Animal Liberation was published: in hindsight, a seminal work of philosophy, marking the birth of the modern animal rights movement – though its author spoke not of rights per se, but, as a utilitarian, in terms, put crudely, of maximising...
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
An introduction to material culture
History & The Arts

An introduction to material culture

...Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Figure 1: Mark Simmons. Figure 2: Peter Elmer. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...Education, Childhood & Youth...Understanding children: Babies being heard: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what very young babies can do understand how adults and older children involve babies fully in everyday life and help them feel value...Understanding children: Babies being heard: 1 People right from the start - In...
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Transport and Sustainability: Glossary - * anaerobic digestion The decomposition of biomass in the absence of oxygen, producing a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide. * battery electric vehicle (BEV) A vehicle that runs on electricity drawn from a battery (as opposed...
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Tim Lenton - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tim Lenton - Stories of Change

...Education Award for Research Project of the Year 2008. He has also received a Philip Leverhulme Prize 2004, a European Geosciences Union Outstanding Young Scientist Award 2006, the British Association Charles Lyell Award Lecture 2006, and the Geological Society of London William Smith Fund 2008. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society, the Geological Society and the Society...