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Environment: LA River
Nature & Environment

Environment: LA River

...system, overriding the needs of deprived local communities. But laying ever more concrete and asphalt is no longer the way to meet 21st Century environmental needs; an alternative approach to flood protection and habitat restoration is necessary. This material forms part of The Open University course U216 Environment... Environment: LA River A short introduction to this...
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Audio 30 mins
Managing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing care

...Managing to protect This discussion looks at managing staff in the area of adult and child protection. It deals with the training needs of staff in a series of demanding and sensitive roles. Learning from mistakes and challenges How inquiries have shaped policy in children's residential care, and the systems in place to prevent managers from repeating their mistakes....
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Audio 2 hrs 47 mins
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...Thinking about leadership - In this section you will consider the increasing emphasis on leadership in early years practice. As a concept, leadership can be interpreted in a variety of ways, dependent on social and cultural contexts. The growing emphasis on leadership is based on the premise that effective leadership will mean improved outcomes for children’s care,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Kant's Axe
History & The Arts

Kant's Axe

This animation explores Kant's thinking on lies...If a sinister looking man carrying an axe knocked on your door and asked you where your best friend was, would it be morally acceptable to tell a lie. Immanuel Kant, surprisingly, thought it wouldn’t. The example of the would-be murderer in this animation is his.
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Video 5 mins
Coaching others to coach Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching others to coach

...think, because ultimately we're helping them to understand their practise and themselves. So, actually, it's not necessarily about you having all the answers and information and imparting that on them. Actually, it's about helping them to reflect better or understand what they've done and, and that's really powerful. Video 1 There are three points that can be taken from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...think we are in terms of coming up with technological solutions that will meet our ambitions on climate change? FB: The energy is at the heart of the climate change problem, because more than two thirds of the emissions come from the energy sector, by far the most important sector. Therefore we have to find solutions within the energy sector if we are serious to address...
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Audio 5 mins
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...systems of ruminants and hindgut fermenters...Studying mammals: Plant predators: 1 The herbivores - As you work through this course you will come across boxes, like this one, which give you advice about the study skills that you will be developing as you progress through the course. To avoid breaking up the flow of the text, they will usually appear at the start or end of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Globalisation and the English language
History & The Arts

Globalisation and the English language

...think that’s likely to happen for quite some time. I think globalisation will result in people becoming more accepting of differences, of using different connotations, different vocabularies and so on. We don’t own English anymore; that’s quite important. People can be quite precious about speaking British English as if it’s ours. English is the dominant language...
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Article 5 mins