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Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...out details I had not previously registered. In addition, of course, an insight you discover about an image in your collection may have repercussions for others. So the process is one of continuous reading and reappraisal. Bits of the jigsaw gradually fall into place. This course looks at some of the ways photographs can reveal, and sometimes conceal, important...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...out lots of zeros, while the other approach used the number 10, raised to the power of 14 – an approach known as scientific notation. Using scientific notation removes the difficulty of having to keep an eye on all those zeros and reduces the potential to accidentally miss one out or include an extra one! Scientific notation can be used to write very large numbers and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Researching Antarctic ice sheets
Nature & Environment

Researching Antarctic ice sheets

...new. Science is an ever-evolving process. And that’s what makes it so exciting. Want to find out more? Listen to Tamsin Edwards speak about her research on the OU/BBC radio programme, Inside Science, read articles from the Climate News Network, or to take your interest further, try a free course or look into studying Environmental Science at the Open University....
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Video 10 mins
Fast Reactors and Thorium
Science, Maths & Technology

Fast Reactors and Thorium

...out by a material called the moderator and it happens by a simple transfer of momentum largely due to elastic collisions of neutrons with the nucleus of the moderator atoms. You will learn more about moderators in Week 2, where the physics of reactors is covered in more detail. Thermal reactors benefit from the enhanced chance of nuclear fission when thermal neutrons come...
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Article 10 mins
Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list

...out. As a result, Washington faces what can be described as an accelerating hypocrisy collapse -- a dramatic narrowing of the country's room to maneuver between its stated aspirations and its sometimes sordid pursuit of self-interest. The U.S. government, its friends, and its foes can no longer plausibly deny the dark side of U.S. foreign policy and will have to address...
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Article 5 mins
London's 1818 public health crisis
History & The Arts

London's 1818 public health crisis

...out of the mess...[The London Fever Hospital] The London Fever Hospital in Islington, the successor to The House Of Recovery REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONTAGIOUS FEVER IN LONDON The Select Committee appointed to examine into the state of CONTAGIOUS FEVER in the metropolis and and into the commision of the Institution for the Cure and Prevention of the same; and...
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Article 10 mins
‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982
Society, Politics & Law

‘Not our jobs to sell’: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982

...out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences qualification. Background The public, political and cultural representations of working-class activism in opposition to industrial closure are dominated by the image of the militant male worker. Leaders like Jimmy Reid, Arthur Scargill and high-profile disputes by miners, shipyard workers, car workers, steel...
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Article 10 mins
PY Gerbeau on the business of football
Money & Business

PY Gerbeau on the business of football

...out more about the business of football with this free OpenLearn course. Individual football clubs have to survive in a competitive market – competition for players, competition for TV income, competition against other leisure activities. Promotion to the Premier league is the biggest incentive of all: this can boost club income by up to £10m a year. Relegation to the...
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Article 15 mins