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Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...footprints] Figure 6: Walk your own path Part of your learning journey will include thinking about your future career choices and planning for your future. It is therefore important to consider and carry out research into career options. Studying across subjects helps you to bring together skills, knowledge and different perspectives which can help open up your career...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...carbon atom 1 has been replaced with an inositol ring linked via a phosphate group, and the OH groups on carbon atoms 2 and 3 have been replaced by two fatty acyl chains, one saturated and one unsaturated (Figure 30a). Figure 30 The generation of second messengers from phosphatidylinositol (PI). (a) The structure of phosphatidylinositol (PI), which is the parent molecule...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
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Money & Business

Personal branding for career success

...footprint, i.e. the information about you that exists because of your online activity. Next week, you’ll look at how to tidy your digital footprint before starting to raise your profile. Personal branding for existing employees Employers aren’t just interested in assessing the personal brand of job applicants, they are increasingly focused on helping existing...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...carbon dioxide (taken in from the air through pores, called stomata, in their leaves) to make sugars. Plants can use these sugars, together with minerals which are dissolved in the water in the soil, as the raw materials for all the other types of molecule that the plant needs for its healthy growth. A crucial role in photosynthesis is played by the green pigment,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...carbon dioxide by the gut bacteria. The carbon dioxide is excreted with the respiratory gases, but the fate of the highly soluble, and in high concentrations toxic, ammonium ions (NH4 +) is more interesting. In dormant bears, the blood concentrations of amino acids, total protein, urea and uric acid during dormancy are similar to those of active bears that are feeding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...carbon dioxide, dry powder, foam, and water. [Figure 10] Figure 9 Examples of different types of fire extinguishers For example, water should not be used for a sodium fire; nor an electrical fire, because it conducts electricity. Carbon dioxide is recommended for electrical fires and solvent fires, but not for sodium metal or lithium aluminium hydroxide. Dry powder...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...carbon emissions. a. Around 42% b. Around 62% c. Around 82% The correct answer is c. c. Yes, but 65% of people were wrong. Fossil fuels are still the dominant source of energy; despite advances in the availability and use of renewable energy, fossil fuels constitute around 82% of global energy use (e.g. BP, 2020). There’s still a long way to go to cut harmful carbon...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...carbon dioxide and so on became important to politicians and to governments, the time for this technology to go into the marketplace had come. I decided to have a go at forming my own company. And that worked. The first one I formed I sold twice and bought back once. I used that money to do some other things. CATHERINE BOTTRILL: I was a researcher at Oxford University in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs