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Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...C., N. Johnston, and J. Seddon. (2008), “Evaluating Systems Thinking in Housing”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 59 (2), pp 186–197. Further reading: Visualizations That Really Work...Capacity and demand management: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by Paul Wally. It was published in June 2022. Except for third party materials and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...c-and-n/ docs/ developing_counter_and_alternative_narratives_together_with_local_communities_en.pdf. (Accessed: 30 April 2020). Smit, Q. and Meines, M. (2019) RAN Policy & Practice Workshop – Narratives and Strategies of Far-Right and Islamist Extremists: 4th July. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/ home-affairs/ sites/ homeaffairs/ files/ what-we-do/ networks/...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...c.1150, translated in Freeborn, 2006, p. 13) So in the beginning, English was just one language among several; it was a language without a particularly strong identity and with no special status. For the first few centuries of its life, it was very much a local language, spoken by one section of the population of an island off the western coast of continental Europe....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...C. M. (2002) Creating Breakthrough Products, New Jersey, Prentice Hall. Cross, N. (2000) Engineering Design Methods, Chichester, Wiley. Dul, J. & Weerdmeester, B. A. (2001) Ergonomics for Beginners: A Quick Reference Guide, Taylor & Francis. Keates, S. Clarkson, J. et al (eds) (2004) Designing a More Inclusive World, Springer-Verlag. Myerson, J. (2001) IDEO: Masters of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...14 December 2023). The Open University (no date c) Introducing research in law and beyond. Available at: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/introducing-research-law-and-beyond/content-section-0?active-tab=content-tab (Accessed: 14 December 2023). The Open University (no date d) Conducting an interview. Available at: https://help.open.ac.uk/postgraduate-study-skills/conducting-an-interview (Accessed: ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits Badge icon
Education & Development

Multidisciplinary study: the value and benefits

...C. P. Snow delivered an influential lecture titled The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution at the University of Cambridge. Snow argued that ‘the intellectual life of the whole of western society’ was split into two cultures – the sciences and the humanities – and that this was a major hindrance to solving the world’s problems. Snow argued that...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...a genuine learning tool?’, Social Work Education, 37(5), pp. 553–564. Slasberg, C. and Beresford, P. (2022) ‘The mixed and misleading messages within adult social care – implications for the social work role to assess need and plan support’, Journal of Social Work Practice, 36(4), pp. 427–439...Exploring critical social work practice: Acknowledgements - This free course was written by the K355 course team. Except for third ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...c’ as in ‘curtain’, ‘k’ as in ‘kilo’ and ‘q’ as in ‘queen’. Once this code has been ‘cracked’ for one language, it is easier to apply those principles of matching to another language...Understanding language and learning: 8 Problematising the L1/L2 dichotomy - So far, we have operated with fairly straightforward notions of learning, and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs