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What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...working coalition with any single minor party. In such a scenario, a minority government could be formed and kept in office through what is known as a confidence-and-supply agreement with one or more of the minor parties. As the title suggests, a confidence-and-supply agreement has two distinct strands. By convention, in order to remain in office, a government must retain...
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Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...work mainly with unstructured data, in other words with data that are not structured in terms of analytic categories at the point of collection. As a result, they tend to use the following sorts of material: Documents of various kinds: official or personal, paper-based or electronic, consisting of text and/or images, extant or elicited. Observational data produced through...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...work, contributing their valuable perspectives. This potential is showcased by many dyslexic individuals and their success stories. This free course, Understanding dyslexia, aims to empower learners to reach their full potential...Dyslexia is a neurodivergent condition affecting over 10% of the population. It is often linked to reading and writing challenges, but also...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...working on tapestries and theatre lighting. In this course, you will be using computation and algorithms not just as tools, but as a way to think about design. The logic of algorithms is different from human logic and processes. Thinking with algorithms changes how designers work. Algorithmic ways of thinking have spawned algorithmic art as well as computer games and...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is a scientific model?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a scientific model?

...work in astronomy, Paul Donald explains their use in conservation science and hydrologist Nick Reynard talks about using models to simulate extreme weather events such as flooding. Question from Jim Hay: "I wonder if you could explain what a model is? The term is used so frequently on science programmes that I just let it slide past me but the fact is I don’t know what...
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Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...work in this chapter, but has yet to be made explicit. It is a convention for marking the difference between using a word and mentioning it. Italy has a capital city, and the English language contains a word for that city, but the word and the city are distinct entities. When we are talking about the word rather than what the word is about, we are mentioning that word....
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...working class presence in the game in Wales, certainly started in the 1870’s and 1880’s when the game arrived in England from the English public schools and universities and it initially made an impact at the public school Llandovery, Lampeter college, Brecon College, at that level in Wales but in less than a decade it spread out into the society which was at that...
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Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...Working through this course will help you to explore these factors, to gain the inside knowledge to impress in applications and at interviews and to put together an action plan that is tailored for you. Transcript Enrolling on this course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. Badges are not accredited by The Open University but they are a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs