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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...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...source. Professor Harald Sontheimer, then at the University of Alabama, was never really interested in cancer. If it weren’t derived from his favourite cells, glial cells – a type of cell in the nervous system from which most types of brain tumour develop – he probably wouldn’t be studying it. Initially, it was thought that glial cells simply kept everything glued...
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Article 5 mins
Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers
Education & Development

Reading and motivation: focusing on disengaged readers

...Open University https://ourfp.org/reads/ Cremin, T., Hempel Jorgensen, A. & Mukherjee, S. (2019) The Reading Road Map: A Report for Islington Library Services. Cremin, T. Hendry, H., Rodriguez Leon, L. and Kucirkova, N. (2022) (eds) Reading Teachers: Nurturing Reading for Pleasure, London, Routledge. Cremin, T., Mottram, M., Collins, F. M., Powell, S. and Safford, K....
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Article 5 mins
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...Open University course DD317 Advancing social psychology...Social psychology and politics: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand why social psychologists are interested in politics understand the role of personality, groups and sociocultural context in political action understand what is meant by ‘scholar activism’...Social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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