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Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...concept of THB and its elements. It will also look at the case examples of THB in the UK. Throughout this course, there will be an opportunity to consider various examples of modern slavery and apply knowledge about human rights law to this contemporary problem. At the end of this course are questions considering possible solutions to the problem of modern slavery. For...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...conception of equality, a conception of equality which took into account differences and disadvantages and sought to overcome them. They used to write briefs to intervene in Supreme Court cases that involved the concept of equality. And they had some initial successes where the court picked up on their arguments. But after a while, they felt that the court had stopped...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare
History & The Arts

Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare

...concept of ‘medicalisation’ and assess the degree of power doctors had over people's lives in the early twentieth century...Medicine transformed: on access to healthcare: 1 Access to healthcare, 1880–1930 - The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries have often been described as a period of progress, when the poorer classes gained access to a whole range of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Marketing communications in the digital age
Money & Business

Marketing communications in the digital age

...concept of attractiveness, physical or otherwise Respect Being admired owing to one’s personal qualities and accomplishments Similarity The extent to which a source matches an audience in terms of characteristics relevant to the endorsement (Source: Shimp, 2010) In the following activity, you will have the opportunity to test out the TEARS model in the context of a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...concepts, ideas and debates. It adopts a broad definition of innovation and subscribes to the view that a fundamental feature of any innovation process is that it results in gaining value...Develop a critical understanding of technological innovation and management. This free course, Technology, innovation and management, will provide you with an overview and introduction...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
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Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...concepts are now widely considered to be interdependent in producing successful outcomes for both individuals and businesses. [Several figures walk across a snowy landscape in a line. They are on an expedition.] Figure 1 Leader and followers To make a start on your own investigation of leadership and followership, you will begin by considering these two central...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Algorithmic Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Algorithmic Design

...concepts like repetition, serendipity and modularity. The algorithmic wallpaper you create will allow you to demonstrate your newfound design skills and make something beautiful for your home...Unleash your creativity and discover the fun of designing with code in this free OpenLearn course, Algorithmic Design. In this hands-on course, you’ll learn to think...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...concepts of ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’ emerged during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries understand the processes that led to the formation of the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland understand what is meant by ‘nation’ understand what is meant by ‘state’ understand how national identities emerged and converged in nineteenth-century...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs