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Surviving the winter
Nature & Environment

Surviving the winter

...study one aspect of the fluctuating nature of an organisms environment. We consider how organisms living in a temperate climate, such as that in Britain, are adapted to cope with winter. You will see that there is much diversity of adaptations among organisms, with different species coping with the demands of a fluctuating environment in quite different ways. As cyclic...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Social Care: Past and Present
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social Care: Past and Present

...skills of health and social care workers by the reduction of long term hospital provision and the implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act Butetown Women The memories of care and support in Cardiff's Butetown in the 1930s recalled by five former residents. Something to Offer: LETS Schemes The idea of providing people with the opportunity to trade skills and goods...
Exploring educational leadership
Education & Development

Exploring educational leadership

...Studying this short course will give you a flavour of what to expect if you decide to progress to postgraduate study on EE811...Exploring educational leadership: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss different views of leadership identify key concepts related to leadership (e.g. agency, power) explain what ‘agency’ means...
Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...studies on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel. In 1911 she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and study of the elements radium and polonium. These discoveries and further work at the Curie Institute in Paris developed the technique of implanting a small radioactive material into a tumour which is known as brachytherapy and is...
Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Communication and working relationships in sport and fitness

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course and about badges in the next sections. After completing this course, you will be able to: recognise the importance of effective communication in the sector in benefitting sport and fitness participants’ experiences evaluate your own communication skills demonstrate an awareness of being able to build and sustain...
Tackling noise pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Tackling noise pollution

...studies and provide an overview of course. This material forms part of The Open University course T210 Environmental control and public health... Tackling noise pollution A brief introduction to this album. Noise levels A fun, easy introduction to the scale of noise pollution and what kind of exposure leaves the ear irreparably damaged. Driving out noise Car manufacturer...
What is OpenLearn Scotland?
Society, Politics & Law

What is OpenLearn Scotland?

...study a single course or 5 minute audio to further your interest in a particular topic or to use the learning experience as an opportunity to assess your level of academic ability prior to studying at university level. We hope that, whatever your reason for using OpenLearn, it will provide you with a taste for learning. Our resources will be able to provide you with the...
COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Making decisions based on flawed statistics

...study is based on a simple regression (a statistical technique of estimating the relationship of one variable with another) of average daily infection rate against total reported cases per 1000 people, for 149 local authorities around the UK, on 8th April 2020. [Graph of total report cases and average daily infection rate for COVID-19] The analysis also tested whether...