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Improve your everyday maths for free
Science, Maths & Technology

Improve your everyday maths for free

...resources that are right for you. It is a great stepping stone to help you feel ready for further formal qualifications, progress at work or get to grips with your household finances. Take the first step by getting started on the National Numeracy Challenge now. OpenLearn also has a range of courses, articles and interactives to help you take your learning further....
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Hidden Maths
Science, Maths & Technology

Hidden Maths

...find our free resources useful in working out everything from VAT to how much grass seed to order to re-do the lawn this summer. If you’re interested in studying Maths and Stats specifically, or taking a course that involves an element of these subjects, visit The Open University's Mathematics courses to find out more. Free courses and activities on Maths and Statistics...
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Sustainability
Education & Development

Sustainability

...sustainability to explain both what is happening to the environment and also look at what we can do as individuals to make a difference, limiting our dependency and impact on the Earth’s resources. I have selected the following OpenLearn courses. [Banner for Making your learning count – Example study pathways (YXM130) ] Click on the banner above to view other pathways...
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All my own work
Education & Development

All my own work

...resources to help you prepare for your assignments: View activities on topics such as Avoiding Plagiarism and Referencing in our 'Being Digital' library. Sign up to events, such as live tutorials about referencing, via our Library Services. Find information on developing your Academic skills in the Study Skills area of our Student Help Centre. View our Plagiarism Policy...
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Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...resources, rich agricultural land and human capital in its well-developed southern and central regions. De Gaulle’s ironic addition referred to the difficulty in making good use of these advantages. When I returned to Brazil as U.S. ambassador in mid-1994, it seemed as if optimism was winning out. The newly elected government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso had...
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Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?
History & The Arts

Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?

...have grappled with the question of what happens after death for millennia. Across the ancient world, many different cultures developed their own answers and underworlds. The Ancient Greeks had several theories about what might come next...This content is associated with The Open University's Classical Studies qualifications The Underworld The earliest Ancient Greek
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The sharing economy
Society, Politics & Law

The sharing economy

...resource use, disrupt mainstream economy, erode consumerism and foster social cohesion (Hamari et al. 2015). At the time, the nascent sharing economy with digital intermediary platforms to handle logistics was about timesharing power tools, cars and other similar things on a non-profit basis. The idea was to make a more effective, cheaper and environmentally beneficial...
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Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?
Science, Maths & Technology

Book, comic and animation - What is the fear collection?

...human frailties? Whatever the reason for their lasting fascination, we all have fears and we all know what it is to be fearful. Academics are no exceptions to this harsh rule but in 2013 I had had enough of fear. I wanted to get to know about it and understand it. So, I began to read about the things that frighten us. Although I looked at lots of scary things what I was...
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