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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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Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection
Money & Business

Entrepreneurial impressions – reflection

...thinking about entrepreneurship: what it is, how it works and why it is worth exploring. Figure 1 People have a tendency to stereotype entrepreneurs There is a widespread tendency to stereotype entrepreneurs and, as a consequence, to over-simplify a far more complex phenomenon. For example, some people see commercial entrepreneurs as a wholly positive force in society,...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Succeed with maths: part 2 Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Succeed with maths: part 2

...think carefully about these. Comment To count the data in each category you could use a tally system. You may be familiar with tallying as representing sets of 5, with 4 slashes and a diagonal line across these, making what looks like a gate. This is known as a tally. Answer The final table should look something like this. It is fine if you have put the rows and columns...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge
Society, Politics & Law

Researching at the Margins: How Collective Autoethnography centred Black mothers’ knowledge

...systems have been built around certain assumptions about what’s ‘normal’: white, middle-class, non-disabled norms that shape whose voices get heard and whose get dismissed (Tyack, 1974). This is precisely why some scholars describe autoethnography as ‘a radical democratic politics’ that creates space for conversations that can actually change things (Holman...
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Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...think of an autonomous being as one who is able to determine the ‘shape’ of their life through reasoned free choices. The notion of autonomy can be clarified if we think about some concrete cases. Does a cat have autonomy when it notices, and then races after, a mouse? Presumably not, as the cat does not act for reasons. It does not consider whether it wants to be the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Digital forensics
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital forensics

...think of that might be encompassed by the term ‘digital forensics and investigations’. Discussion Here are some of the names I thought of; your list should include at least some of these: computer forensics forensic computing forensic science network forensics ICT forensics forensic investigations digital investigations business continuity incident response computer...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 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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Researching Professional Development Framework
Education & Development

Researching Professional Development Framework

...think about your ongoing development as a researching professional identify actions to support your development during the forthcoming Professional Doctorate year document these on your Researching Professional Development Plan discuss them with your supervisors evaluate your progress at the end of the year. First, click on each of the three overarching themes – which...
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