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How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...Open University, 2008)...How teams work: 1.2 Operational teams - An operational team is formed to undertake some ongoing activities that are required for the provision of goods or services. For example, the counter service and telephone services operated by a bank are provided by operational teams that are supplying a service to the public, whereas an accounting...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Studying mammals: The insect hunters
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The insect hunters

...opening for the digestive and urinogenital systems - that is also present in non-mammals such as lizards. Hedgehogs eat earthworms, slugs, eggs and frogs, in addition to insects. They, of course, are considerably larger than shrews and cannot always hide in undergrowth when foraging, so their niche is not quite the same as that of shrews. DA refers to hedgehogs...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...source of the cowpox virus he used to vaccinate people against smallpox. Vaccination originally meant deliberate infection with the cowpox virus (vaccinia), which is responsible for a relatively benign infection on the udders of cows and can be transferred to people, where it usually causes pustules on the hands. However, serious complications can ensue in a minority of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...Open University course A864 MA Classical Studies Part 2. [Described image] Figure 1 Copy of Discobolus, by Myron (fifth century BCE), marble. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Photo: Ancient Art and Architecture Collection Ltd/Bridgeman Images...The body in antiquity: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what makes the study...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...Open University course B100 An introduction to business and management...Different types of business: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe different types businesses explain different ways of classifying businesses: by size, industry sector and ownership type apply these ideas to a real business through a video case...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...opening of ion channels to effect a change in the membrane potential or the contraction of muscle fibres, which occur within milliseconds of signal reception, or may take minutes, such as whole cell movement, synthesis of new proteins or changes in metabolic activity. There are also longer-term responses, which may be on the scale of hours or even days, such as cell...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...Open University course U214 Worlds of English...English in the world today: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the diversity of English through history and around the world understand the effect of social and cultural factors on an individual’s use of English understand the relationship between a person’s linguistic...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...Open University, and I’m ending my little series of films about the seasons in art by considering spring. And the only possible place to start is with Sandro Botticelli’s Primavera, painted in Florence around 1480, surely the most famous picture of spring in western art. Although there’s been a huge amount of debate about exactly what exactly it depicts, It clearly...
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Video 15 mins