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Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...de facto, even if that home is a makeshift shelter in a slum. We hear a lot in the media about a housing crisis where supply falls short of demand, and there is no doubt that government policy needs to address this so that everyone can find somewhere affordable and decent to live. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DB125 You and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...des Neiges (dormant) and Piton de la Fournaise (still active). The island is characterised by ultramafic to mafic alkaline eruptive sequences, typical of ‘hot spot’ volcanic sequences. Is this common knowledge or does it need to be referenced? Answer The information cited in this statement could be obtained from a number of different sources, with the second sentence...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...Le Vay, J., Page, L. and Jennings, N. (2022) ‘The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: a narrative review of current evidence, and its implications’, International Review of Psychiatry, 34(5), pp. 443–98. Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725https://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/ full/ 10.1080/ 09540261.2022.2128725....
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Seeing the light
Science, Maths & Technology

Seeing the light

...de Andalucía (Seville) © SENER Many new houses have solar panels built into the fabric of the building (for example those in Figure 10b, above) and it is an area that will become increasingly important in our future energy generation. The solar panel technology has been developing since the invention of photovoltaic technology (which is the technology used in solar...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Library of Alexandria
History & The Arts

Library of Alexandria

...De Rerum Natura used quite different methods to explore the natural world, not least in its use of poetry to explain such diverse topics as the weather, geological features, or the human body. The question of organising knowledge becomes even more pressing when we turn to the Library of Alexandria, for this was a collection that, many people believe, was intended to hold...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...de España delivered its verdicts. Of the 28 defendants in the trial, 21 were found guilty on a range of charges from forgery to murder. In the early stages of the investigation a blue plastic bag containing detonators was found near the scene of the bombings at a railway station. A print was taken from the bag and the FBI in the USA was sent a digital copy of the print....
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...de Haas with her friends Gloria and Steph. You may recognise Gloria from Video 2 earlier in this session. Gloria and Johanna met at an Open University conference a few years ago and struck up a long-lasting friendship. [Described image] Figure 2 Johanna (centre) with her good friends Gloria (left) and Steph (right) Johanna’s family provided lots of opportunities for her...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...Le Schtroumpfeur De Bijoux : https://pixabay.com/ en/ reading-comic-album-book-1394124/ Figure 3: © James Chapman Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don't miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs