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Making decisions
Money & Business

Making decisions

...Business...Making decisions: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: have greater insight into decision-making processes use that insight to make more effective decisions possess a range of different perspectives on what counts as an ‘effective’ decision be better equipped to understand and influence the decision-making processes of...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...money if you received too much change? Theft Discharge – 6 years’ imprisonment Have you kept money found in the street? Theft Discharge – 6 years’ imprisonment Have you taken ‘souvenirs’ from a pub or hotel? Theft Discharge – 6 years’ imprisonment Have you ever left a shop without paying in full for your purchases? Making off without payment Discharge –...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...business, and that he has failed to pay it back. In addition, there is a significant amount of money missing from her bank account; she does not know what has happened to it but says that Callum has her bank card so that he can pay her bills. Comment Joanna could issue a civil claim against Robert to get him to repay the money she lent to him. There may be further civil...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...business, politics, any type of science or engineering, and even the arts. Jeannette M. Wing, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (United States) and Head of Microsoft Research International Sounds great that ‘One can major [i.e. graduate] in computer science and do anything’, doesn’t it? Then again, isn’t this miles away from the view of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...businesses or services they could use. Today, racial inequalities remain prevalent in many societies, including racial disparities in education, income, wealth, employment, incarceration and health outcomes. [A row of figures in different shades.] Different academic disciplines ask different sorts of questions about race. For example, historians of race may be interested...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...business of policing - money, performance - those areas of work - estates. And one phone call later you're dealing with running what would be quite considerable investigation or we got a job where we are having to manage a threat to a person's life, potentially, or harm. And you have to move, step between the two quite quickly and use your experience which you've gained...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Blue Monday: An OpenLearn reading list

...money invested in fast-turnaround markets on Mondays generates lower returns than other days of the week, and research by Glenn Pettengill suggests that on a Monday, traders might be less ebullient and willing to take risks than on other days: The “Blue Monday” hypothesis, states that the weekday effect results from shifts in investor portfolios resulting from...
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Article 5 mins
Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...money to spend; yet it prefers to invest in campus expansions and high salaries for those at the top and in grandiose ‘flagship schemes’. Meanwhile, university workers’ calls for fair pay and better conditions have been ignored by Universities, and by the Colleges Employer’s Association (UCEA) and Universities UK. The figures above illustrate how widespread...
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Article 5 mins