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52 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

52 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Work, or watch a minute-long video on 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity (see the animation below). Operating as a four nation university, OpenLearn has free resources representing all of our nations including an interactive on Welsh language and culture and a free course, Discovering Wales and Welsh: First Steps; a timeline on the history of Ireland taken from our...
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Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Kimberly Nicholas - Stories of Change

...work in wine, and facing a dismal academic job market, thought I might go into wine consulting, which I was doing on the side in academia, but low and behold I got a job and found myself in Sweden. So we’re here at the Our Common Future under Climate Change Conference in Paris and …. RH: You’re going to tell me about climate change and wine. KN: Yes, so wine is a...
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Privatising Thames Water
Money & Business

Privatising Thames Water

...work in financialising Thames Water; the regulatory body, OFWAT, was effectively hemmed in by a regulatory ring fence too tightly drawn. What the regulator has not been able to do in any serious way is to challenge whether the goal to place the customer centre stage through privatisation has been side-lined in favour of financing techniques that see value 'created' but...
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OU Carbon Calculator FAQs
Nature & Environment

OU Carbon Calculator FAQs

...work and back five days a week and visiting relatives 50 miles every weekend, the total is about 22 days/month x 10 miles+ 4 weekends/month x 50 miles = 420 miles per month by train. At an average train speed of 60 to 80, say 70 mph = 6 hours per month. The UK average is about four and a half hours per month. Approximately how many hours per YEAR do you travel by train,...
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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Work, or watch a minute-long video on 60 Second Adventures in Microgravity (see the animation below). Operating as a four nation university, OpenLearn has free resources representing all of our nations. You can find most of the relevant content in these hubs: OpenLearn Ireland, OpenLearn Scotland, and our Wales hubs: OpenLearn Wales and OpenLearn Cymru (for English and...
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DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Experiments with Natural Dyes

...work surfaces you’ll be using with newspaper. You must wear rubber gloves and an apron throughout this experiment. It is essential that you read the safety instructions associated with any chemicals before you use them. These are usually printed on the container. What you'll need at least 36 strips of (preferably bleached) cotton(4cm x 10cm) – old, white, cotton...
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An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...work surface. When examining each rock, look up close and from different angles to check for grain shape, evidence of interlocking grains, fragmental texture and layering. You could take advantage of your camera’s magnification slider to look more closely. Don’t worry if you’re not sure what something is. Rocks aren't always so easily categorised – sometimes even...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...working in 1997 promoting knowledge of international humanitarian law and striving to ensure its implementation we want to prevent the errors and horrors committed in wartime. So our work in the future- orientated. Its up to others to concern themselves with what happened during the war. [translation] Narrator: The law has to punish those who violate it. Without penalties...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs