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Volunteering in the education sector
Education & Development

Volunteering in the education sector

...Manager at Dyfed-Powys Police before joining The Open University in Wales, during which time she also qualified in the subject. Kerrie was then keen to use her skills to support governance at her children’s school. Continue reading Kerrie’s overriding interest in becoming a governor, though, wasn’t a professional one; it was about supporting the environment where...
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Article 5 mins
What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What are South Asian young adult carers’ aspirations for the future?

...managing the family’s finances. Thinking ahead: planning for the future Each young person, whatever their background, has their own vision for what their future may bring. They might identify a role model in their family, someone whose accomplishments they have read about, or want to emulate a well-known figure they have heard about on social media. Alternatively, they...
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Article 5 mins
Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...management and key management services...Network security: 9.1 Introduction - In this section I shall discuss two major approaches used to restrict access to networks – passwords and firewalls...Network security: 9.2 Passwords - I have introduced encryption keys in previous sections. A password can also be thought of as a type of key in as much as it enables the...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...introduction to crime and criminology... all interesting topics that I wanted to learn more about.’ And that was one of the reasons he turned to OpenLearn in the first place because, as he explains ‘...it offers a wide range of courses that were simply unavailable at my local education centre. I wanted to learn about new things to get a clearer picture of what fields...
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Article 5 mins
Belfast - healthy city
Society, Politics & Law

Belfast - healthy city

...introduction to this album. Healthy Cities: the idea Ilona Kickbusch on how the Healthy Cities Movement began in the mid nineteen eighties as a European initiative. Healthy Cities: the reality Ilona Kickbusch on how the initiative spread out from Europe to the rest of the world, and is particularly important in South America. Belfast as a healthy city Joan Devlin of...
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Audio 40 mins
Ethics Bites
History & The Arts

Ethics Bites

...introduction to this album Free Speech It’s not just what you say, it’s why you say it and why your audience is listening. Tim Scanlon explains the intricacies of free speech. Find out more about Tim, and ethics, at www.open2.net/ethicsbites. Climate Change Should the West shoulder the responsibility for tackling global warming? James Garvey talks about the ethics of...
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Audio 3 hrs 49 mins
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course examines the relationships between race and ethnicity and crime, criminalisation and criminal justice. It sets out why critical perspectives are concerned about the problematic ways in which race and crime have been – and continue to be – connected. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in
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Level 3: Advanced 1 hr
Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...Introduction - This course considers the issues that are important when starting up or running a small business in a rural environment. Traditional business models apply to running a business in any location. This course will introduce you to some concepts that will help you work out what you want to do with your business idea. It will also ask you to consider the impact...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs