1,185 search results
How lenses and mirrors work
Health, Sports & Psychology

How lenses and mirrors work

...rays of light to converge to the focal point. (b) A concave mirror will cause parallel rays of light to converge to the focal point. (c) A concave lens will cause parallel rays to diverge as if from the focal point. (d) A convex mirror will cause parallel rays to diverge as if from the focal point. The reflecting surface of the mirror is shown by a thicker black line...
View article How lenses and mirrors work
Article 5 mins
Deep oceans can help us understand our climate
Nature & Environment

Deep oceans can help us understand our climate

...The early-middle Eocene was a time of extreme warmth, with the deep oceans at least 12°C warmer and the atmosphere had approximately 2-4 times as much carbon dioxide compared to present. A north-south transect spanning from the North Atlantic to the Southern Ocean will be used to assess deep ocean circulation and determine the evolution and stability of the AMOC during the extreme ‘greenhouse’ warmth of the early-middle ......
View article Deep oceans can help us understand our climate
Article 5 mins
En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
Languages

En rumbo: intermediate Spanish

...la Open University. Personal information part 1 We’re going to listen to street interviews with eight people from different parts of the world giving basic personal information. Personal information part 2 Here are three examples of people introducing themselves and giving basic personal information. What are their names? How old are they? Where are they from? What do...
View audio En rumbo: intermediate Spanish
Audio 35 mins
The OU Welcomes Carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The OU Welcomes Carers

...C, Larkin, M., .Deepak-Gopinath, M, Gill, T, C., Messenger, J. & Vseteckova, J. (2021) Developing ‘Good’ Support for Caring-Experienced Students: A Cross University Study, unpublished report, Milton Keynes: The Open University. Larkin, Mary, Henwood, M., & Milne, A. (2019). Carer-related research and knowledge: Findings from a scoping review. Health and Social Care in...
View article The OU Welcomes Carers
Article 5 mins
A brief history of the lens
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of the lens

...c. 1400BCE) and other sites, including the city of Troy (c. 2,200BCE). The Nimrud lens, from the Palace of Nimrud (Kalhu), Assyria (North Iraq) now in the British Museum, dates back to 750BCE, and is a rock crystal ground and polished with one slight convex face. It is slightly magnifying, but there is no other evidence that the Assyrians used lenses, so it is probably a...
View article A brief history of the lens
Article 5 mins
'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Education & Development

'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?

...in U.S. schools’, Educational Researcher, 35(7), pp. 3–12. Monroe, C. (2005) ‘Why are “bad boys” always Black? Causes for disproportionality in school discipline and recommendations for change’, The Clearinghouse, 79(1), pp. 45–50. Parsons, C. (2008) ‘Race relations legislation, ethnicity and disproportionality in school exclusions in England’, Cambridge Journal of Education, 38(3), pp. 401–419. ......
View article 'Bad Apples' or Organisational Cultures?
Article 10 mins
Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Money & Business

Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies

...C., Checchi, M., Imas, M. and Smolović Jones, O. (2020) 'Dissensual leadership: rethinking democratic leadership with Jacques Rancière', Organization. Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1350508420961529. Fougère, M., and Moulettes, A. (2007) 'The construction of the modern west and the backward rest: studying the discourse of Hofstede's...
View video Decolonising the idea of culture in management studies
Video 40 mins
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...c In practice, how do we know when a person is experiencing mental ill-health? This is a sensitive and complex question that could generate a number of different responses depending on who is answering. In the next section of the course you will start to consider the different models that exist...Mental health in society: 1.3 Approaches and models of mental health - In...
View course Mental health in society
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs