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Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...FAQs...Week 1: Water content of everyday goods: 1.1 Keeping a study journal - JANET SUMNER Hazel, we're asking the learners on the science experiment course to keep a study journal. And I thought I'd ask you - as dean of science - why taking detailed written notes is good scientific practice. HAZEL RYMER Well the thing is it's just like the rest of life. It's really...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Learning from sport burnout and overtraining Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning from sport burnout and overtraining

...FAQs. When you gain your badge you will receive an email to notify you and you will be able to view and manage all your badges in My OpenLearn within 24 hours of completing the criteria to gain a badge. Get started with Session 1...Introduction and guidance: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Ben Oakley. It was first published in July 2019. Except for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport online: Athletes and efficient hearts

...De-hydration can lead to a very poor performance so keeping optimally hydrated throughout the day as well as during training and competition is very important. Often carrying a large bottle of water with you is the best way to ensure you drink throughout the day. Audio 1 Mick Curry The diet is very, very important. It’s no good doing what some people do and eating junk...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Herodotus and the invention of history
History & The Arts

Herodotus and the invention of history

...de Dieu by Maître François, between 1475 and 1480 CE. That is not all. This is also a story about Herodotus’ brand of history. At first glance, this episode, on which Herodotus leads on seems curiously trivial, even gossipy. Yet by taking us into the bedroom Herodotus promises insight into power dynamics that have repercussions for an entire kingdom and beyond. Much...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern - Stories of Change

...de France. He was Chief Economist at the World Bank, 2000-2003, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 1994-1999. He was Head of the UK Government Economic Service 2003-7, and produced the landmark Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was knighted for services to economics in 2004 and made a cross-bench life peer as Baron Stern of...
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Audio 5 mins
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...de/wp-content/uploads/130912-Recent-Facts-PV-Germany.pdf. Green, M. A., Hishikawa, Y., Warta, W., Dunlop, E. D., Levi, D. H., Hohl-Ebinger, J. and Ho-Baillie, A. W. H. (2017) ‘Solar cell efficiency tables (version 50)’, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 668–676. Huld, T., Müller, R. and Gambardella, A. (2012) ‘A new solar...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...de-icing project, we might include: ‘Operators shall be able to generate a de-icing schedule after one day’s training’. This is a testable statement because it is straightforward to see whether or not the operators are indeed able to generate a schedule after just one day’s training (Robertson and Robertson, 2006). Activity 5 Assume you are drawing up the...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
The ethics of cultural heritage
History & The Arts

The ethics of cultural heritage

...de la Cité (Figure 1). Construction began in 1163 and was not finished until 1345, a total of 182 years. It is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in the world. Particularly outstanding are its flying buttresses (the external stone arches supporting the main body of the church), its large and brightly coloured stained-glass rose windows, and its famous...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs