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Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...account use that. If you don’t yet have one, it’s free and very straightforward to set up. Your task is to compose a tweet (of no more than 280 characters) in which you write about what you are looking forward to as a distance learner. Tweet your message to @OpenLearn, using this hashtag: #ready4distancelearning. Congratulations – you have now taken your first step...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Supporting university students with a mental health condition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting university students with a mental health condition

...account of their mental health conditions, will be unable to engage, was considered to be very important. Students reported that closing the communication channels could lead to them becoming paranoid...Supporting university students with a mental health condition: 3.2 Being treated as an individual - [Described image] Students reported that having an individualised as...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...accounting processes, innovation in ideas and design, innovation in manufacturing processes or innovation in sales approaches – perhaps all having some or no effect in terms of the environmental performance of the organisation. Innovation in fundraising or services provided might be more evident in a non-profit organisation. New forms of policy and regulatory practices...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...account of Convention rights in all cases that come before them. This means, for example, that they must develop the common law in a way which is compatible with Convention rights...Week 1: Law making in Scotland: 6.2 The European Union - The UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) on 1 January 1973. The UK was not one of the original founding members even though...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...accountability for everything that happens. And knowing that, you have to be ready for things to go wrong, things to not go your way, for people to hurl abuse at you. I think knowing that before you decide to take something on is really, really important, because self-awareness should let you know whether or not you can hold that. SPEAKER 1: Boni took a risk and accepted...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...accounts for 27% of total energy expenditure, torpor for 33% and arousal for 40%. However, if the time between periods of torpor is taken into account, the figures are 12% for entry, 17% for torpor and 19% for actual arousal with 51% for the euthermic periods between arousals. Entry into hibernation seems to cost little. Entry and the hibernation period together account...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Human rights and law
Society, Politics & Law

Human rights and law

...account of the Convention and the jurisprudence upon it to help resolve any ambiguity in the statute. Third, where there was an absence of statutory provision, the courts could take account of the Convention and the jurisprudence to help develop the common law where it was uncertain or absent. Furthermore in the period following enactment of the HRA but before its...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Grammar matters
Languages

Grammar matters

...account the context, channel and medium in which the text is produced. The first activity in this section is intended to show how language is packaged in order to help the reader make sense of what is being talked about. Three key questions can be asked about any act of communication which help to determine how it is or needs to be organised: Is it planned or spontaneous?...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs