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Risk will return

Risk will return New content Copyrighted imageCredit: Paul Lampard | Dreamstime.com
Introductory Level Updated 10 May 2013
Is it too much to expect that the new financial system will be fundamentally less accident-prone than the old?

Get your free booklet 'A tourist's guide to our secret streets'

Get your free booklet 'A tourist's guide to our secret streets' Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 23 Apr 2013
Download or order your free 16-page booklet, with folding historic map from Charles Booth and fascinating stories behind the streets in five UK cities

TEDxMiltonKeynes: Connections

TEDxMiltonKeynes: Connections Creative commons imageCredit: pulpolux !!! under CC-BY-NC licence
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 22 Sep 2012
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Why maps are made

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Why maps are made Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Introductory Level Duration 8 hours Updated 21 May 2013
Cars have sat nav systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn....

Developing countries in the world trade regime

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Developing countries in the world trade regime Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Advanced Level Duration 8 hours Updated 21 May 2013
Free trade or fair trade? This unit will help you to analyse the relationship that exists between developed and developing countries under the World Trade...

Who are Europeans?

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Who are Europeans? Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Intermediate Level Duration 8 hours Updated 21 May 2013
What is Europe and what defines a European? This unit looks at the development of identities within Europe and the European Union. You...

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Introducing environment

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Introducing environment Copyrighted imageCredit: Alain Lacroix | Dreamstime.com
Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 18 Feb 2013 Register by 13 May 2013
This friendly introduction to the study of the environment explores topics like the biology of ecosystems and food chains, biodiversity, ecological sustainability and fossil fuels.Like...

Living in a globalised world

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Living in a globalised world Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University/Karen Parker
Intermediate Level Duration 600 hours Updated 10 Jan 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
This course uses geographical concepts to help you make sense of our complex, globalised world and the processes and patterns that shape it.The course gives...

Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context

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Earth in crisis: environmental policy in an international context Copyrighted imageCredit: Alain Lacroix | Dreamstime.com
Advanced Level Duration 600 hours Updated 10 Jan 2013 Register by 09 Jan 2014
Investigate causes and consequences of international environmental problems and resource conflicts, including loss of biological diversity, water allocation and urbanisation – focusing particularly on climate...