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Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...Open University course L193 Rundblick: beginners' German...Beginners' German: Places and people: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge of the singular forms of personal pronouns, singular forms of the regular verb kommen and generalisations using man use improved vocabulary and pronunciation related to place names,...
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Pain and Aspirin
Science, Maths & Technology

Pain and Aspirin

...Open University students who study the module that this course comes from. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Science...Pain and aspirin: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, concepts and principles relating to the development of medicines...
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Ratio, proportion and percentages
Science, Maths & Technology

Ratio, proportion and percentages

...Open University warehouse take 20 minutes to stick labels on 500 packages for an MU120 mailing. There are still 4000 more packages. How many workers are required, if the job is to be done in about a further hour? Answer One worker should take twice as long as two. So 1 worker takes 40 mins for 500 labels. 4000 is 8 times 500 so 1 worker takes 40 × 8 min = 320 mins. 1...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...openness and transparency about who funds what research is deemed essential so that reviewers can take this into account when assessing whether a paper is suitably objective. Events in the MMR debate took an important turn on 22 February 2004 when the Sunday Times reported that Wakefield had secured £55 000 from the Legal Aid Board in 1996, two months before the study...
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...opened in Britain in 1841. During the first 20 years photographic portraits were bought as one-offs in the shape of the daguerreotype in the 1840s and the wet collodion positive in the 1850s. Both formats came cased or framed and were designed to be carried on the person or displayed in the home...Picturing the family: 2.1.1 Card mounted photographs 1860–c.1914 -...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...Open University’s mission to promote the educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 48 hours of study time. It is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs