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Diorite
Science, Maths & Technology

Diorite

...out about The Open University's Science courses and qualifications Diorite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock. It contains large interlocking, randomly oriented crystals. It is a dark coloured rock, usually medium to dark grey, containing many mafic crystals. Mostly it looks like dark coloured granite. [Diorite] How was it formed? Diorite formed deep within the...
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Could you be a code breaker?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could you be a code breaker?

...out more about The Open University's Mathematics courses and qualifications Code Break is an interactive Web app consisting of three ciphers: Pigpen, Caesar and simple substitution (solved by frequency analysis). Earn stars for each challenge, and learn about code-breaking through the ages by playing our interactive ‘Could you be a code breaker?’ [Front image capture...
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What are the connections between music and memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are the connections between music and memory?

...area of mental health. Find out how much you know! Select to begin the interactive... [Music and memory interactive image] Click on the image above to launch the interactive music and memory feature. Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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No sex please, we're British!
Health, Sports & Psychology

No sex please, we're British!

...we're British! Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Mae'r adnodd yma hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg. | This resource is also available in Welsh. If you want to learn more about the research behind this interactive, check out www.natsal.ac.uk....
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Narratives of COVID
Health, Sports & Psychology

Narratives of COVID

...out to students, staff and alumni to hear about their experiences. ...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Social Care qualification. These have been collated into a book – Narratives of COVID: loss, dying, death and grief during COVID-19 with over 30 authors from the OU contributing. The book includes essays, poems, and reflections to document a...
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What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide
Money & Business

What are Mintzberg’s five components of an organisation? The one-minute guide

...out more about Business and Management degrees a The Open University [Some people doing vaguely business-related things] These are clearly stock image people. What would it take to make them an organisation? Henry Mintzberg, writing in The Structure of Organizations, came up with this diagram as a way of explaining what makes an organisation: [Mintzberg’s five...
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International Management
Money & Business

International Management

...out of Eastern Europe? Few enterprises nowadays remain untouched by global influences. Few managers can expect to go through their professional lives without the need to interact with people from other cultures; as a result it has become essential to understand the culture and social and economic institutions of other countries in order to maintain and run a successful...
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Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...out of these “national” results, because politics works differently there.) The pollster will publish the percentage of electors that say they will vote for each of the political parties, and will also give some idea of the margin of error attached to these percentages. The margin of error is a way of reporting what’s called sampling error in the statistical trade....
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