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What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...writing of fiction or the production of a film or piece of visual art. Figure 10 Gay marriage advocates demonstrate in front of the US courthouse in Norfolk, Virginia, 2014 Given the example you just worked through, you might be tempted to think that politics (whether broadly or narrowly defined) is all about critically engaging with or challenging the status quo – the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective
Society, Politics & Law

The body: a phenomenological psychological perspective

...writing up, and in the whole research process. Because it’s not simply hearing the person’s story. DARREN: Like the social psychoanalytic approach, we take field notes very seriously, and are very interested in our experience of what happens in relationships with an interviewee, before and after, and our relationship with the subject too. DR LINDA FINLAY: As the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?
Society, Politics & Law

Why are nonhuman animals victims of harm?

...writing (Animal Aid, 2019). Social harms also afflict other animals as unintended collateral damage. For instance, motorised transport brings about the killing and injuring of other animals (as well as human accident victims), often described as ‘road kill’ (Soron, 2011). There is not enough space in this course to fully document these harms, so the focus will be on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action

...write about their day-to-day work. This provides us with an idea of how the role is developing and also how it might possibly develop in the future. Doubtless, since The Open University first launched a specific advanced qualification for teaching assistants in 1995 (The Specialist Teacher Assistant Certificate), assistants have, increasingly, become involved in the work...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...write a brief response below. Whatever a woman’s beliefs about health are, it is likely they will have been shaped by many factors that are specific to that woman and may not always reflect wider assumptions held by society more broadly, or indeed fit with the biomedical model. This, however, does not diminish their potential value for understanding health and wellbeing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Supply chain sustainability
Money & Business

Supply chain sustainability

...writing, the tax position of Google in Ireland and the trading impacts of Brexit are yet to be fully established. Customer/consumer Some of the ethical issues in the previous section could impact on the willingness of customers to trade with an organisation. The sustainability of the market could impact on the sustainability of the supply chain; without demand for the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Approaching leadership with care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Approaching leadership with care

...write a short description which aims to cover your person, position, process and purpose as a leader reflect also on how you demonstrate care as a leader identify an area of strength and an area you would like to develop as a leader For example: ‘My position at work is ‘team leader’ – so I have leader in my title! As a person I always try to be inclusive and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...writing a paper. So it’s actually transforming their understanding of glaciers. And similarly we actually filmed snow leopards extremely extensively on Planet Earth; it was one of our iconic images, and of course very few scientists ever get to see snow leopards in as much detail as we manage to cover them, and again, we’ve been able to give our rushes to behaviour...
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