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The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...management and treatment. In particular, post-mortem and pathological studies were to be carried out to determine the causes of death. Cleaning Some of the materials and methods used for cleaning at the various centres proved to be unsuitable for emaciated and highly stressed birds. The process took far too long, the detergents caused irritation, and often oil stains were...
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Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing Badge icon
Education & Development

Supporting children's mental health and wellbeing

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality Badge icon
Money & Business

Entrepreneurship – from ideas to reality

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. This course is accredited by the CPD Standards Office. It can be used to provide evidence of continuing professional development and on successful completion of the course you will be...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...Management 21 March 1996 Where does the table come from? When was it prepared? Where does the data come from? Does its source tell us anything? On the left-hand side of the table is a list of headings referring to proportions. What could make this easier to follow? Discussion The table has been taken from a publication called People Management. This is the house journal...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
‘There Were Four of Us’
History & The Arts

‘There Were Four of Us’

...managed to prevent mentions of herself in other biographies and memoirs published at the time. She was happy to be forgotten. In the two hundred years since, she has been reinstated in the many retellings of that night, in both fact and fiction. However, she doesn’t emerge well from many of them, being depicted as a talentless hanger-on or spurned lover. She is often a...
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Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun
Science, Maths & Technology

Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

...of a storm of shooting stars is almost inevitably the cue for a week of unbroken cloud. Still, if you are in the northern hemisphere, look to the north-east after midnight – and if you wish to wish upon a shooting star, I hope you manage to see at least one. [The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution
Society, Politics & Law

Fair shares? Why sharing needs a democratic revolution

...management over the erosion of Freecycle’s grassroots ethos. So, first and foremost, Freegle provides some promising evidence that democratic sharing economy platforms, at least in the non-profit sector, can emerge from well-established centralised platforms. Freegle has also been successful in building a community of hundreds of volunteers across the UK who govern the...
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Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rugby be made safer - and still be rugby?

...management of collision events, particularly at the lower playing levels, where players are less mature or not as well prepared physically for the demands of the game. This can be done by teaching and enforcing correct technique. Increased muscular development allows players to better resist force and is something all players can easily attain. But it can also make them...
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