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Rocks in the field
Science, Maths & Technology

Rocks in the field

...Open University's Glynda Easterbrook and fellow geologist Tony Lee as they visit Northern Ireland to look at some amazing rock forms and some fascinating successions of different depositional environments. This material forms part of The Open University course S260 Geology... Rocks in the field Intro to album, as per album description. Giant's Causeway The Open...
60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Special relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Special relativity

Who had more fun in life, Albert Einstein or Richard Feynman? Whichever one of them was travelling faster...Find out about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Andrew Norton on the framework of special relativity and examples of measured time dilation and length contraction Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...Open University 2004. Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission: Exercise 1 Jacyna, L.S. (1988) ‘The laboratory and the clinic: the impact of pathology on surgical diagnosis in the Glasgow Western Infirmary, 1875–1910’, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol.62, pp.389–90 and pp.391–4. © The John Hopkins University Press....
60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Event horizons
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Event horizons

...is the point of no return? German physicist, Karl Schwarzchild calculated the event horizon of black holes. And it can tell us more about the eventual fate of all the galaxies...Find out more about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Stephen Serjeant on the speed of light Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University...
60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Dark energy
Science, Maths & Technology

60 Second Adventures in Astronomy: Dark energy

...how Einstein was right all along about the expanding Universe. We never should have doubted him...Find out more about The Open University's Natural Sciences courses. Transcript Read Stephen Serjeant on what it means to equate the curvature of the Universe with the amount of stuff in the Universe Discover how you can study physics and astronomy with The Open University...
Skills for study
Education & Development

Skills for study

...Open University, or can help you improve your literacy, numeracy or digital skills at your own pace. Our badged open courses even give you a way to get recognition for your learning achievements with a statement of participation and digital badge for your online profile. Your first steps to success with study Are you ready to study in English? Check your language...
Developing leadership in the voluntary sector
Education & Development

Developing leadership in the voluntary sector

...Open University's Social Sciences courses To stay informed about the work of the CVSL, please sign up to our quarterly newsletter. Click on this link to sign-up. [CVSL logo] On this page you'll find information about CVSL’s free courses, plus links to other courses and resources from The Open University, to help you develop your leadership practice and respond to...
An introduction to floodplain meadows
Nature & Environment

An introduction to floodplain meadows

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Figure 1: © Michael Dodd Figure 2: © Michael Dodd Figure 3: © Michael Dodd Figure 4: © Michael Dodd Carousel 1: Images © Michael Dodd Carousel 2: Images 1–7 and 9 © Michael Dodd; Image 8 (dark brown bat): © Bat Conservation Trust https://www.bats.org.uk/ Audio/visual Video 1: footage ©...