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53 things you never knew about OpenLearn
Education & Development

53 things you never knew about OpenLearn

...Solar System in our The Magic of Meteorites hub. In our FREE course 'Astronomy with an online telescope', you get to use The Open University’s own robotic telescope facility COAST sited on the island of Tenerife. How cool is that? …And finally, for those of you with a dirty mind, we'll let you know our free course with the most hilarious title. Who says toilet humour...
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Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...energies towards those things which matter most, rather than those which matter less. Cameron (2008) gives this advice: Direct your time appropriately i.e. towards the things which are most important. Direct your energy efficiently i.e. maximise your achievements for time and energy expended. Stop wasting time. (Cameron, 2008, p. 89) Long hours and intensification of work...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...energy of the sound is concentrated at certain frequencies of vibration. A plot of the energy of a sound against the frequency at which that energy occurs is called a spectrogram. A spectrogram for a flute's note is shown in Figure 3a. As you can see there are slim coloured bands, and black spaces in between. The coloured bands are the regions of the frequency spectrum...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...F.I, Katch V. L. (1996). “Exercise Physiology; Energy, Nutrition and Human Perfomance.” 4th Edition. Williams & Wilkins. Webb.E. (2020). “coronavirus risk for older people; the updated picture.” www.ageuk.org.uk Authors: Martin Penson, Jitka Vseteckova, Nichola Kentzer, Jo Horne, Mary Larkin, Alex Berry, Melinda Spencer, Abigail Methley, Phil Taverner, Martin Robb...
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Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

Bridges and Buildings: The structures of the Industrial Revolution

...energy resources, especially coal, and materials such as natural fibres and iron itself. One such bridge across the Dee at Chester, was made using cast iron beams. It cracked in the middle while a train was passing over, and the carriages fell into the tidal river below killing seven (Figure 4). Robert Stephenson claimed that the train hit the bridge and caused the...
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The science of making musical instruments
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of making musical instruments

...Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra - from the ThinkQuest Library of Entries site. Sound Waves and Music - from The Physics Classroom site. The Soundry - an educational website about sound. Books Making Gourd Musical Instruments: Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion Instruments and How to Play Them by Summit, Ginger and Jim Widess, published by Sterling Publishing....
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Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Jonathan Edwards' giant world record leap – what can we learn from his long career?

...energy for competition and coping with pressure all need to be incrementally developed through experience. After six years of full-time training, aged 27, following disappointment at both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, Edwards made the World Championships podium (bronze) having leapt 17.44 metres. Jumping a whole metre further seemed impossible at that time. Athletes...
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The history of soapmaking
History & The Arts

The history of soapmaking

...energy, leading to economies of scale and even greater production efficiency under more readily controlled conditions. The combination of better soaps and advances in plumbing, including running water and drainable bathtubs, made bathing the social norm. In 1853, Gladstone repealed the British tax on soap that had been imposed centuries earlier and the industry...
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