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Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...Open University course T194 Engineering: mathematics, modelling, applications...Introducing vectors for engineering applications: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: identify if a quantity is a vector represent vectors from engineering problems in an appropriate form model simple engineering systems (such as combining forces) using...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...open mind when interpreting art works. It's also important to acknowledge that other people may reach very different conclusions about the meaning of a particular art work. However, even if your own interpretation of the meaning of an art work is different from those of other people, it will still be valid if it is based on evidence about the relationship between...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...opened itself up to a barrage of lawsuits.) There are small signs of progress. This autumn, the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences released a set of proposed revisions to its influential International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human Subjects. Among other changes, the new draft guidelines now emphasise the need for more...
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Jim Skea - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jim Skea - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Jim Skea's interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer JS: = Jim Skea, Research Councils UK Energy Strategy Fellow RH: Jim Skea thanks for agreeing to be interviewed by us. Can I start by asking you when, was it that you first got interested in energy? JS: I first got interested in energy way back, it was actually...
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The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...open for longer, managers at some large vertical-drinking pubs were reportedly offered bonuses of up to £20,000 if they used sales techniques – upselling singles to doubles, for instance – to exceed revenue targets. All this was happening as the real cost of purchasing alcohol, allowing for inflation and changes in disposable income, fell every year from 1984 to...
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Article 10 mins
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...Open University. Transcript Sir David Attenborough Interview 2015 Earth in Vision Project What first sparked your interest in the natural world? Finding fossils, I think, but then I don’t think that’s in the least remarkable, I don’t know any four-year-old who’s not interested in the natural world, I truly don’t. I think that every child starts with a...
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Video 40 mins
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Extracts are taken from AA302 © 2006 The Open University. 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...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...opening shots of all the programmes that were done in those days, each of us introducing our programme, so I would introduce Zoo Time and he would introduce Zoo Quest and somebody else … Peter Scott would introduce something else. And they were put together in a series, each person saying ‘Hello’ and the weird thing was that our voices were completely...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins