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Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...English caricatures that we find a negative image of Napoleon (see Figure 5). Even after the fall of the empire, French representations are invariably positive, though now they showed him as a tragic hero, suffering in exile on St Helena, as well as continuing to promote the legend of the great leader who combined military genius with fellow-feeling for the common...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...English, discusses climate change through a different lens, that of a ‘hyperobject’. This idea emphasises the impossible-to-grasp nature of climate change. Hyperobjects are massively extended in time and space, which makes them historically beyond the range of human cognition. Morton says that hyperobjects ‘massively outscale us’ (2013, p. 12). Yet, paradoxically,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Supporting babies and toddlers
Education & Development

Supporting babies and toddlers

...English and Welsh) that give parents information about the importance of tummy time and ideas about how to provide it. Early Years Wales has developed a number of programmes designed to support movement in babies and toddlers. The activity cards below are a part of a wider series. The resources are intended to encourage confident, informed support for young children’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...English term in our context. The Latin word originally referred to the challenge presented to seafarers by a barrier reef and so implied a possible negative outcome. The Arabic word, on the other hand, implies ‘anything that has been given to you (by God) and from which you draw profit’ and has connotations of a potential beneficial outcome. A twelfth-century Greek...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Collaborative leadership in voluntary organisations

...English local authority. The purpose of the research was to explore the journey that leadership goes through as it is put into practice in a workplace. What was interesting about this research was the different ways in which people identified with the concept of leadership. For some, leadership was very much collaborative, about bringing people together in novel ways to...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing Black leadership

...English and The Open University © BBC Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 1: The meaning and value of leadership: References - Grint, K. and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Money & Business

Risk management

...English Dictionary (OED) However, there are other definitions of risk: A situation involving exposure to danger, the possibility that something unpleasant or unwelcome will happen, a person or thing regarded as a threat or likely source of danger, a possibility of harm or damage against which something is insured, a person or thing regarded as likely to turn out well or...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Advanced German: Regional landscapes
Languages

Advanced German: Regional landscapes

...English and German. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L313 Variationen: advanced German...Advanced German: Regional landscapes: Learning outcomes - At the end of this course you will be able to: speak or write about certain landscapes, regions and political structures in Germany, Austria and Switzerland speak or write about views...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs