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Learning to Teach

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Introductory Level Duration 30 mins Updated 07 May 2013
Would you give up a successful broadcasting career to become a teacher? What are the challenges facing modern teachers?

The Heidelberg Project: A Detroit Story

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Introductory Level Duration 20 mins Updated 14 Feb 2013
Would you give up a successful career to work for a charity? Can art save a community?

The OU comes to iTunesU

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 03 Jun 2008
The Open University brings a vast array of free educational audio and video to iTunes

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Online market research

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Masters Level Duration 20 mins Updated 26 Apr 2013
How has the arrival of the internet changed the nature of marketing research?

Mi'kmaq: First Nation people

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Advanced Level Duration 20 mins Updated 17 Apr 2013
Can heritage continue to inform the way we live today? Is it possible to balance traditional ideas with a modern life?

Collaboration in the classroom

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Masters Level Duration 20 mins Updated 12 Mar 2013
What teaching methods can be used to improve a school’s performance?

Inside the International Criminal Court

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Introductory Level Duration 30 mins Updated 28 Feb 2013
What is the role of the International Criminal Court (ICC)? How will the ICC develop in the 21st century?

Veiling: Tradition, Identity and Fashion

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Advanced Level Duration 35 mins Updated 22 Feb 2013
Why do Muslim women wear the hijab? How do they reconcile different approaches to veiling between generations, across different geographical regions and in different cultural...

Regina Jonas: the first female rabbi

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Advanced Level Duration 35 mins Updated 13 Feb 2013
Regina Jonas (1902-1944), who is now widely recognised as the world’s first female rabbi, was ordained in Nazi Germany in 1935.

Understanding Globalisation

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Masters Level Duration 25 mins Updated 17 Dec 2012
What do we mean when we say globalisation? Does the growth of globalisation hinder or benefit mankind?

Welfare, crime and society

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Intermediate Level Duration 1 hour 15 mins Updated 08 Mar 2010
If you feel that you are being watched, it may well be that you are.

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Postgraduate Certificate in Development Management

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Duration 600 hours Updated 26 May 2013
What can be done to promote development? This certificate provides a taste of advanced study in development management, while developing your practical and conceptual skills.The...

Postgraduate Certificate in Human Rights and Development Management

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Postgraduate Certificate in Human Rights and Development Management Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: The Open University/Karen Parker
Duration 600 hours Updated 26 May 2013
This qualification will allow you to engage actively with the issues of human rights law, ethics and development in the broader context of business practices.This...

Postgraduate Diploma in Systems Thinking in Practice

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Duration 1200 hours Updated 26 May 2013
This postgraduate diploma teaches practical skills for understanding complexity and taking action in an uncertain world, through applying systems thinking to a range of situations.This...

Digital film school

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Introductory Level Duration 100 hours Updated 26 May 2013 Register by 24 Sep 2013
This practical introduction is suitable for newcomers to video as well as those with some experience of digital film-making, and will develop your skills to produce and...