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Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Northern Ireland)

...education. To complete this course you will need access to a calculator, a notepad and pen, and a protractor. Enrolling on this course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. The badge is a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject. What you learn by completing the course will really help if you wish to enrol on a formal...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Dr Benny Peiser - Stories of Change

...Open University Transcript Stories of Change Project Benny Peiser interview Key RH: = Roger Harrabin, interviewer BP: = Dr Benny Peiser, The Global Warming Policy Foundation, participant RH: Dr Peiser, thank you very much for agreeing to be interviewed by us for the BBC documentaries and the Open University. Can I start with the first question that we’re asking all of...
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Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...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....
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...open. It could conceivably have been left by a so-far unidentified killer. Also, was the attribution of Ross's print on the tin certain? Given these uncertainties, Asbury was freed in August 2003 after the judges accepted that fingerprint evidence against him was unreliable. There has been no final resolution of the murder of Ross. There are many other twists and turns...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...Friederici, A. D., ‘Towards a neural basis of auditory sentence processing’, p. 81, Copyright © 2002, Elsevier. 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 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Happy GeoWeek!
Nature & Environment

Happy GeoWeek!

...little pieces of other rocks, stuck together with some kind of cement. Your igneous and metamorphic rocks will have the grains actually interlocking. And your metamorphic rocks might have some kind of alignment, but you'll often have to step back to see it. Good luck, and happy hunting! Like geology? Find out more with these FREE resources Study geo-sciences with the OU...
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Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?
Nature & Environment

Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?

...resources and, in extreme cases like with the tiger, kill each other. Globally, the nature conservation movement’s strategy has been to create human-free ‘protected areas’ exclusively for wildlife. This has worked well across much of the world, arguably even in India where tiger numbers have increased considerably since the inception of project tiger in 1973. But it...
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The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...resources available to do so? What else could they use those resources for? The enormous cost in time and money of fighting a large corporation in court might dissuade them from further action even if they got as far as beginning an investigation. The path from act to conviction is shaped by, amongst other things, the knowledge of potential observers, their own...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs