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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...introduction of Lifetime ISAs, and more land was released for developments to sell to first-time buyers. The chancellor also pledged £120m to tackle homelessness. The priority is to address rough sleeping, which has doubled since 2010. But homelessness extends beyond rough sleeping. And long-term solutions like affordable rented housing – historically provided by local...
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...Introduction - This course will help you identify the value and best ways of note taking. It is based on listening to an audio file that contains a discussion between teaching team members of D218 Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity, a current Open University course. It was originally 23 minutes in length and was recorded in 1998. This OpenLearn course provides a...
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...Managing Sport and Leisure, 25(1–2), pp. 1–6. Rinke, S. and Schiller, K. (2014) ‘Introduction’, in Rinke, S. and Schiller, K. (eds) The FIFA World Cup 1930–2010: Politics, Commerce, Spectacle and Identities. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. Ronay, B. (2022) ‘Uefa and Fifa are too late: Russia’s sportswashing has served its purpose’, The Guardian, 25 February....
Group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Group theory

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Group theory, is an extract from the Open University course M303 Further pure mathematics, a third level course that introduces important topics in the theory of pure mathematics including: number theory; the algebraic theory of rings and fields; and metric...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...introduction to our approach to Religious Studies as a subject area is here). But we also very much wanted our exploration of religion to be enjoyable, accessible, and relatable to our diverse student demographic. So many of our students are facing multiple challenges and demands on their attention while on their study journey. Many are working full-time – and some are...
Linear programming – the basic ideas
Science, Maths & Technology

Linear programming – the basic ideas

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Linear programming – the basic ideas, is an extract from the Open University course M373 Optimization, a third level applied mathematics course that will interest you if you need to create mathematical models or if you use numerical software in industry,...
Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Modelling events in time, is an extract from the Open University course M343 Applications of probability, a third level course that develops ideas about probability and random processes that were introduced in the Open University course M248 Analysing data....
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
OpenLearn Wales take your learning further
Society, Politics & Law

OpenLearn Wales take your learning further

...with our experts Follow The Open University on the BBC – TV and radio resources in our What’s On area. More free courses in Welsh Visit Y Porth - the main platform for delivering and managing Welsh medium provision for the students of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. The educational resources on the Porth were developed by university teaching staff throughout Wales....