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COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...et al. (1998) Immunology, 5th edn. Mosby International Ltd Audio Visual Video 1: Immune defence: © The Open University. Diagram: adapted from Male. D, et al (eds) (2020), ‘Immunology 9th edition’, Elsevier Video 2: Apoptosis: ‘Immunology Interactive 3.0’ by Professor David Male, Professor Jonathan Brostoff and Professor Ivan Roitt. Copyright © David Male....
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
English: skills for learning Badge icon
Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...FAQs), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this unit: Images Figure 1: Desk, © javaturtle on...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The search for water on Mars
Science, Maths & Technology

The search for water on Mars

...et l’Activité) instrument, which can detect minerals on the martian surface. Clay minerals and hydrated sulfates, which can only form in the presence of water, were found at Terra Meridiani, Mawrth Vallis, Nili Fossae, Aram Chaos, and Valles Marineris - as well as in isolated locations in the martian Highlands. Combining relative age information obtained from craters...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
An introduction to artificial intelligence
Education & Development

An introduction to artificial intelligence

...et al. 2020) and sustainability and AI (e.g. Schwartz et al. 2020). Activity 5 Timing: 20 minutes From the cases you have considered so far in this week, clear evidence is mounting that the impact AI and related technology is having on our lives is in fact deliberate: that, as shocking as it may seem, much of this technology has in fact been designed to have these...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Digital thinking tools for better decision making Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital thinking tools for better decision making

...focus on the fact that the test is 99% accurate. In a study reported in 2008 (Gigerenzer et al.), the majority of a group of 160 doctors who were asked a similar question gave the wrong answer. To see why the answer to Activity 6 is 9%, it helps to do a thought experiment with a concrete number of people. A good choice is 100000, because everything works in whole numbers. Figure 21 shows a whole population of 100000 split ......
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing computing and IT
Digital & Computing

Introducing computing and IT

...FAQs). If it has, you should at least scan the existing messages to see if your points have been addressed. Don’t feel you have to post immediately. Take your time to see what is being discussed and get a feel for the group you’re joining. This very sensible behaviour has the unfortunate name of lurking but is quite acceptable online. If you want to post, many...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...et al., 2005)...Understanding and managing risk: 2.2 The risk management process - An organisation’s attitude towards the various forms of risk to which it is exposed should be a direct interpretation of its business strategy. This has implications both ways: the strategy itself must address the appetite and capacity for risk within the business and the systems and...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
You and your money
Money & Business

You and your money

...et al., 2005). A YouGov survey found that 35 per cent of those polled were kept awake at night worrying about their debts, with the respondents citing debt as the number one cause of family breakdown (YouGov, 2006). Therefore, despite the fact that the data on debt across the whole of the UK show that the value of household assets is much greater than liabilities, a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs