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Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...work of more than one hand, a group of authors known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae. However, arguments have now been made that the SHA is the work of just one author. It remains unclear exactly when this author(s) was writing, or the purposes behind the work. The sources of information used by the author to compile the biographies are often uncertain, and there are...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...social and natural processes. Water, for example, which is present not only in the estuary but also on and in the land and as water vapour and droplets in the atmosphere, does not just stay in any one of these three elements but can also move between them. Box 1: The hydrological cycle Water in the estuary can transfer to the atmosphere by evaporation from the water...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...works in practice. It will introduce you to the world of digital forensics, that is, applying forensic science to the digital artefacts that we create every day through our interactions with computers, mobile phones and the unseen objects around us that encompass the so-called ‘internet of things’. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...working under pressure in a professional environment. Some shortcut keys are listed below. Try some of these out while reading the list. Table 1 Navigating inside and between worksheets Arrow keys Move around the spreadsheet. Page Down/Page Up Move screen down or up. Ctrl + Arrow keys Move to the edge of a region. This is useful for navigating large blocks of data,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...Work out the percentage of the total vote polled by each of the four parties. Answer (a) Red party: 120°. Blue party: 95°. Yellow party: 95°. Green party: 50°. (b) 120° + 95° + 95° + 50° = 360°. (c) Since 360° represents 100%, 1° will represent or . So the Red party polled The Blue party and the Yellow party polled The Green party polled...Geometry: 1.3 Angles,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...work. Why diesel engines have slightly higher energy efficiency than petrol engines. The reasons for the shift from petrol to diesel engines. 5 Petrol and diesel emissions Typical emissions of vehicles under ‘driving cycle’ and real-world conditions; ways to reduce NOx and particulate emissions. The importance of ‘real world’ emissions testing. The Volkswagen...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Romantic, in the sense of the romantic poets"

...works, it struggled to throw off some of the technical writing habits of academic medicine. It wasn’t until his 1973 book Awakenings that he became recognised both as a remarkable writer and a remarkable neurologist, as the book recounted his experience with seemingly paralysed patients from the 1920s encephalitis lethargica epidemic and their remarkable awakening and...
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Article 5 mins
How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...work on more recent press reporting of Savile suggests there is no room for complacency. The UK press’s coverage of Savile between his death in October 2011 and three days after the ITV broadcast of Exposure in October 2012, which named him as a serial abuser of girls (the evidence of his abuse of boys came later), shows a similar sexist complicity to that of Savile’s...
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Article 5 mins