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Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol
Society, Politics & Law

Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol

...Guide to Making Political and Social Change’ gan y Brifysgol Agored, ond mae wedi cael ei ehangu i gynnwys gwybodaeth am y gwledydd datganoledig a newid byd-eang. Mae’r cwrs OpenLearn hwn yn cysylltu â chwrs D113 y Brifysgol Agored: Global Challenges: Social Science in Action, nawr ar agor i gofrestru...Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol: Deilliannau...
When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...of questions: Do we push India into the arms of the Soviets, or do we try a conciliatory policy? Does China prefer the Soviets to be unchallenged in India, or do they prefer us to maintain some influence? We would have to try to answer these questions first. The first day's conversation soon came to an end. Intrigued? Discover how to study history with The Open University...
Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Mary Colwell - Earth in Vision

...universities. She published her first book “John Muir – The Scotsman who Saved America’s Wild Places” in 2015 and is a feature writer for The Tablet. She is currently walking 500 miles across Britain and Ireland to raise awareness about the decline of the curlew. Transcript Wildscreen, 20th–23rd October 2014 Earth in Vision Project I’m Mary Colwell and I am a...
How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth
Science, Maths & Technology

How the atmosphere sustains life on Earth

...University's Science courses and qualifications Earth is a vibrant blue planet, the only place that we can be sure that life exists. As A Perfect Planet shows, a complex and interconnected set of systems operate to form our environment. Every planet except one in the Solar System has a gaseous atmosphere, as do some moons and even some dwarf planets. Why does the...
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...University has launched a practitioner website informed by the TaRs research and devoted to reading for pleasure. It is framed around the key findings and has a range of resources to support teachers and schools, including: classroom film clips, PowerPoints for CPD, handouts of practical ideas, audits, videoed interviews, research bites, information on Book Awards, and...
How does the human body fight a viral infection?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does the human body fight a viral infection?

...University's Health Sciences qualification. The immune response to viral infection The immune response to a viral infection is primarily generated by a type of white blood cell called lymphocytes; cells that are mostly localised in ‘lymphoid tissues’ such as the lymph nodes or tonsils. However, the number of lymphocytes that can recognise and react against any...
Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...universally vilified’, she was a courageous trailblazer for trans people, appearing on television in Nashville and Toronto when there were laws that more or less made her an outlaw. Jackie started singing with Nashville Gospel Groups and performing on the radio when she was just a teenager. She then joined a travelling carnival and her success as a performer led to her...
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...University course S315 Chemistry: further concepts and applications...Metals in medicine: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: state the different types of imaging used in medicine, and describe how X-rays are exploited in anatomical imaging explain how cap h one postfix times cap n times cap m times cap r signals from living tissue can...
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