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Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 2

...motivation – leisure, professional development or academic. It’s the one stop shop for engaging with languages, professional communication and intercultural dialogue. Our short courses allow us to be agile and responsive to the needs of learners who want to be part of a global society. We offer non-accredited short courses in a range of subjects including modern...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Caring for adults
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for adults

...motivation for getting started on any plans to improve your lifestyle, so taking care of your physical health is an excellent first step to taking care of other areas of your life. Good physical health is something achievable by everyone, no matter what the starting point. With so much (often conflicting) information in these health-conscious times, we could do with some...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?
Nature & Environment

‘Land grab’: an environmental issue?

...et cetera. People just produced and produced food with no real marketing in mind. The world’s a very different place now. Farmers have to compete. They have to produce things that people want. BEN TAYLOR: With larger-scale farming businesses taking over, you are seeing more blanket cropping happening. You are seeing simpler rotations that are less precise in terms of...
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...et al., 1999, p.52.) Activity 2 Let's try looking at an example of reading statistical evidence. There has been a great deal of discussion in recent years about changes in our patterns of travel, because of concern about car use and its impact upon the environment. What does the table reproduced below tell us about car use? Can you detect any patterns or trends over time?...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...et al (eds) (2004) Designing a More Inclusive World, Springer-Verlag. Myerson, J. (2001) IDEO: Masters of Innovation, New York, te Neues Publishing Company. Noyes, J. (2001) Designing for Humans (Psychology at Work), Psychology Press. Papanek, V. (1983) Design for Human Scale, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold. Ulrich, K. T. and Eppinger, S. D. (1995) Product Design and...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...motivated demonstrations that occur from time to time. You also may have recognised that one of the functions of the police is to maintain public order. In Scotland there are a range of public order laws designed to control the conduct of public meetings and demonstrations. There are also laws that impose criminal liability on those who commit public order offences, such...
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Succeeding in a digital world' digital badge]...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is straightforward!...
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...motivation for learning comes from simply requiring the knowledge in order to make progress. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Engineering...Engineering: The nature of problems: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: view solutions as belonging to particular categories, broadly classified as: innovation by context;...