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The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1
Nature & Environment

The Legacy of Nuclear Power: Part 1

...think if you wanted to categorise where it stands, it’s interdisciplinary. But it’s, I suppose one could describe it as a political geography in particular. And so as a result of all of that, I've integrated those experiences, all that – all the places that I've been to as well as my own academic interests, which have been fundamentally in power, in inequality, and...
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Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...system, only at sub-second speeds. Just as the postal service enables people to send one another envelopes containing messages, the internet enables computers to send one another small packets of digital data. (BBC, 2014) Almost all adults (91%) in the UK use the internet and adults with disabilities are increasing their use of the internet too (78% of those with reported...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development
Health, Sports & Psychology

Biological, psychological and social complexities in childhood development

...think about a variety of elements of a person’s life to help them take a holistic view of their circumstances. It enables them to gather an individual's understanding of their situation, their strengths and their needs in relation to it and allows them to start to identify some of the key elements that are important to the person, as well as potentially identifying the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Why this hub was created
Education & Development

Why this hub was created

...systemic racism. [A photograph of footballer Marcus Rashford kneeling on a football pitch] Marcus Rashford is among many footballers taking the knee before football games It was thought that presenting these resources on OpenLearn, a free platform hosted by The Open University, would be the ideal way to ensure these materials are accessible to everyone and to play a part...
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Mission to Titan
Science, Maths & Technology

Mission to Titan

...System, and its extraordinary results will be studied in the world’s leading scientific journals for years to come... Mission to Titan An brief introduction to this album. The Cassini-Huygens Probe Adam Hart-Davies introduces one of the most ambitious space exploration missions ever launched. Titan: first glimpse OU professor John Zarnecki shows the first ever panoramic...
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Should Economics and the Environment work together?
Society, Politics & Law

Should Economics and the Environment work together?

...Thinking about the 2017 election, we can see the importance placed on both the environment and the economy throughout the Conservative Party Manifesto. It repeated the Cameron government’s pledge ‘… to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than we inherited it…’. But what exactly does that mean, and how can we measure or test whether...
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An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...think about problems of crime and justice in new ways, going beyond everyday understandings...An introduction to crime and criminology: 1 Fear and fascination with crime and criminals - Have you thought about where your ideas about crime and ‘the criminal’ come from and what it is that has drawn you to being interested in this subject? It is sometimes the case that...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...system. They serve as the basis for: Classifying actual costs incurred. Preparing budgets for planned costs. Comparing actual costs with budgeted costs (for management control purposes). In addition to cost centres, there are several other types of centres: responsibility centres profit centres revenue centres. You can read more about the types of centre in the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs