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Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...source for the process that combines water (taken up through their roots) and 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...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...Open University course W821 Exploring the boundaries of international law...The use of force in international law: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the rules governing the law on the use of force and their evolution analyse case examples relating to the use of force in international law and be able to critically analyse how...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...Open University course L116 Spanish Studies 1: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world...Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: develop strategies for understanding video resources in Spanish understand Spanish spoken at natural speed understand and give personal information in...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...opened impeachment proceedings against her, on the grounds that she manipulated government accounts to hide a growing deficit. There's no consensus that this constitutes a legal basis on which to impeach a president, and many accuse Congress of using the country's current political turmoil to pursue partisan aims. Simultaneously, Brazil’s electoral court will soon issue...
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Article 5 mins
What does the US election mean for Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What does the US election mean for Europe?

...open the investigation into her emails. The political implications are, as yet, unclear. The smart money suggests that she will still win the election, if only because of the vagaries of the US electoral system. But, even if true, the effect on voting for US Senators – what Americans refer to as “down-ballot voting” – could be significant. Faced with this...
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Article 10 mins
Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...open and close at different times across the country. Some states may offer a window for early voting while others do not. There is no unified national election “system” that could be attacked or disrupted in a single effort. Unfortunately, refuting claims of vote-rigging or offering contrary views – even when based on documented evidence – was dismissed by...
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Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list
Education & Development

Free School Meals: An OpenLearn reading list

...opening up the FSM programme to a larger swathe of school pupils. In Newham and Durham, all primary school pupils were given a free lunch (the universal pilot); in Wolverhampton, the FSM scheme was extended to include pupils in primary and secondary education whose families received Working Tax Credits and earned less than £16,040 (the extended entitlement pilot). The...
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Article 5 mins
The String Quartet
History & The Arts

The String Quartet

...to perish your hope; droop in the desert my joy; naked advance. Bare are the pillars; auspicious to none; casting no shade; resplendent; severe. Back then I fall, eager no more, desiring only to go, find the street, mark the buildings, greet the applewoman, say to the maid who opens the door: A starry night. "Good night, good night. You go this way?" "Alas. I go that."...
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Article 5 mins