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Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...simple, but we’d find literally anything that was lying around the house and create some kind of game out of it. And I started to sort of jot them down, and when I spoke with RBS about it who have sponsored the boys for a long, long time now and been very instrumental in their career. They came in to help us at time when we really needed some help with, when, you know,...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Cell signalling
Science, Maths & Technology

Cell signalling

...Introduction - The fundamental principles of signalling can be illustrated by a simple example in the yeast S. cerevisiae (Figure 1). In order to sexually reproduce, a yeast cell needs to be able to make physical contact with another yeast cell. First, it has to ‘call’ to yeast cells of the opposite mating type. It does this by secreting a ‘mating factor’ peptide, an extracellular signal, which can also be called an ‘......
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn
Education & Development

The impact of supporting Ukrainians with free resources on OpenLearn

...code (Moodle) with a series of modifications to meet the needs of independent learners and OU branding. It functions as both a learning management system (LMS) as well as a content management system. Moodle is an open source LMS with over 100 languages that can be deployed through so-called ‘language packs’, to enable the publication of content using a variety of...
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Article 10 mins
Diversity in religion: Islam
History & The Arts

Diversity in religion: Islam

...codes which prescribed much more lenient penalties...Diversity in religion: Islam: 2 Internal diversity in contemporary Islam - Lesbianism has rarely been illegal in Muslim-majority countries. But things have changed for men since the early nineteenth century. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, during the European ‘Age of Empire’, in many colonised...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
EPQs: finding and using evidence
Education & Development

EPQs: finding and using evidence

...simple table, perhaps on a spreadsheet (you can download an example here). For any documents you find, you’ll also find it useful to keep records of: the name of the author(s) when it was published the title of the article, report, book or chapter where it was published – i.e., the title of the journal, book or website a link to the document or its DOI (digital object...
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Article 5 mins
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...simple. Our power stations tend not to have sufficient local opportunity for heat use (e.g. Torness is a long way from housing), and the cost of installing the necessary infrastructure is high. In addition, the waste heat would need to be extracted at a higher temperature to be useful, which marginally reduces the efficiency of electricity production. There is, of course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teaching secondary mathematics
Education & Development

Teaching secondary mathematics

...simple problems that have immediate applications, such as students being able to work out how many cans of fizzy drink or bars of chocolate they can buy with the cash they have. Encouraging public interest in mathematics, and ultimately to ensure its continuation by bringing up the next generation of mathematicians. Mathematics develops statistical understanding that...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...simple transformation model in Figure 1 provides a powerful tool for looking at operations in many different contexts. It helps us to analyse and design operations in many types of organisation at many levels. This model can be developed by identifying the boundaries of the operations system through which an organisation's goods or services are provided to its customers...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs