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Advancing Black leadership Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our start-of-course survey. Once...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...Manager I put the point across that the group had a right to use the park but also a responsibility to cause as little distress to others when using public spaces. … My Line Manager on the other hand suggested that our group were present first and the gentleman with the toddler chose to stop beside us. The rest of the park was empty so should our group have to modify...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The family at the centre of early learning
Education & Development

The family at the centre of early learning

...manage and the rabbit is dropped on its head! Juanita uses a chair as a table top where she arranges domestic materials to hand, like those she has seen in her mother’s shop. She incorporates books and objects into her play to explore what she has seen others doing and what she has experienced herself. (Adapted from Cameron et al., 2011) The researchers noted that...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd
History & The Arts

Exploring Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd

...manage it. The local community takes great interest in her independent ways and managerial skills. Box 2 Chapter XIII Chapter XIII is called ‘Sortes sanctorum: the valentine’. The Latin words translate as ‘the oracles of the holy scripture’ and refer to using the Bible as a kind of fortune-telling device or as a way to solve problems; opening it and alighting on a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...manager at the Grandstand Grill commends her as a good worker. And the Sheriff argues forcefully that the welfare-to-work programme should be closed down because it prevents parents with sole responsibility from caring for their children. [Figure 2] Figure 2: Tamarla Owens The US ‘workfare’ programmes (as they are often known) of the 1990s have been celebrated as...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...management system. When the piston reaches the bottom of the stroke the inlet valve closes. On the next stroke this air/fuel mixture is then compressed into typically one-tenth of its original volume, creating a highly inflammable mixture which is then ignited using an electric spark on a sparking plug. The gases then burn very rapidly reaching a high temperature (750 °C...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...manageable. They help to mark out personal space in a shared office, or indicate the extent of someone’s home and garden. Boundaries are often physical, represented by partitions or walls or fences, to show who is allowed in and who is not (and under what terms). [A photograph of two pairs of shoes either side of a painted line.] Figure 1 The sorts of boundaries we...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Caring for an older family member with learning disabilities

...managing (…) I mean I know there is a sort of an emergency care plan, possibly in place, that was done quite a long time ago, that Rebecca would if she needs sudden care, it would be done through the respite service we have, that that would be the first port of call, that she would be treated as an emergency and go to where she normally has respite, you know? Discussion...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs