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Crimes of the powerful
Society, Politics & Law

Crimes of the powerful

...concept of power in understanding criminological research agendas define various categories of ‘crimes of the powerful’ describe how researching the powerful can reshape the boundaries and goals of critical criminology provide examples of the barriers that make it difficult to research crimes of the powerful...Crimes of the powerful: Critical criminology and crimes of...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...concepts and definitions to help you understand the subject. You will investigate the Sun, which powers most of the renewable energy sources, then move on to discuss energy supply and demand, in the world and the UK, and then look briefly at the problem of climate change. Current European and UK targets for increasing the share of renewables in coming decades will also be...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Strategic planning for online learning
Education & Development

Strategic planning for online learning

...Prompts in Section 1.1, below. Adapt, delete and add to these as much as you need to describe the future scenario for your school. Continue to use the present tense to make the scenario real (not ‘Pupils will have access...’ but ‘Pupils have access...’). Create your own scenario in any software or format your like. As well as text, you could also add images,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...concepts such as principled, conscience, duty, justice, rights and fairness are often associated with law and their relevance in Scotland today...This free course, Law and change: Scottish legal heroes, explores the legal system in Scotland and considers how individuals, institutions and organisations have made a difference by challenging the law or legal system. You...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Discovering music: the blues
History & The Arts

Discovering music: the blues

...concept of primary chords understand the 12-bar blues structure...Discovering music: the blues: 1 ‘Feeling blue’ - The phrase ‘feeling blue’ is one we have probably all heard, even if we don’t use it ourselves. The word blue is often associated with feelings of sadness or melancholy. In this course you will be investigating a type of music dating from the early...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...concept of the ‘growth mindset’. The programme consists of 10 segments, including online classes, video scenarios and facilitated sessions focused on building skills and practicing behaviours. It teaches that ‘there’s no limit to who can benefit from a focus on greater inclusion – everyone has an opportunity to be an ally, and everyone needs allyship in some...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Reading communities: why, what and how?
Education & Development

Reading communities: why, what and how?

...prompted discussions and life connections and enabled new relationships to begin. Over time, teachers noticed children exchanging texts too and recognised the value of these emerging reader-to reader-networks. If you want to widen your repertoire of children’s literature and other texts, then why not try one of the following challenges? You could seize the chance to do...
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Article 10 mins
Getting started with German 2
Languages

Getting started with German 2

...concepts that will improve your ability to hold sophisticated conversations in German and understand more complex language in a variety of different scenarios. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LGXG002 Beginners German 2: mit Vergnügen! After completing this free course, you may wish to...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs