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Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows
Nature & Environment

Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows

...et al., 2005) Overall, the toxicity of POPs to the polar wildlife is not completely clear, but the fact that they are manufactured only in populated regions and yet can be detected in Arctic wildlife is striking. POPs give a graphic demonstration that a region once thought of as remote is clearly physically connected to the rest of the planet. The poet Nick Drake...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...et exists in many forms: the 'glass ceiling', ageism, racism, and so on. This free course, Economics explains discrimination in the labour market, will help you look at this problem from a new perspective: through economics. You will learn how economists have tried to understand what drives this distortion of the labour market and why women and those from minority ethnic...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...et al., 2010. Activity 3 Updating your knowledge Timing: Allow about 15 minutes Now revise your notes from Activity 1 in light of the quiz feedback. Keep your updated notes to hand as you read the next section...Week 1: Introducing the autism spectrum: 2 What is autism? - This section gives an overview of key facts about autism. Read it through, and add to your notes...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...et al., 2015). The 12-month prevalence of depression in Europe is 6.9% (Bschor et al., 2014). Anxiety disorders can precede depression, and symptoms can overlap, with anxiety often co-existing with depression. The course of illness can be episodic with periods of ill health and recovery. More than half of depressed patients recover within six months, but in around 15% of...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
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Money & Business

Internships and other work experiences

...motivation broadening your network of contacts. Watch this short video where staff from publishing company RELX explain the benefits of their own secondment experiences. Extra-curricular activities Similar to volunteering, people often forget about their extra-curricular activities when considering work experience. For example, if you have been involved with a sports club...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
EPQs: writing up your dissertation
Education & Development

EPQs: writing up your dissertation

...motivation, CAM. I filtered the results to keep only articles that related to the use of CAM by young people. I defined ‘young’ as people under the age of 25. I downloaded twenty complete papers, articles and other resources from open access sources and the Open University research repository. What? Use of CAM by young people has increased since 2000. Young women use...
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Article 5 mins
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...et al., 2011). Water quality standards exist to control pollution of domestic water supplies. The maximum limit set by the EU for nitrates in drinking water is 50 g m−3 (as NO3−) (EU, 1998). Water with a high nitrate content can be treated for drinking using reverse osmosis. The effects on the biota of organic pollution and artificial eutrophication are summarised in...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...motive for those planning a Leave vote, or campaigning for one. Investors tend to be sceptical over the chances of financial institutions, and the businesses they serve, still enjoying free movement of goods, services and capital around the EU if the UK restricts the free movement of labour. Incentives to Leave But Leave campaigners identify ways in which the longer-run...
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