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Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...everyday events or activities; difficulty controlling worry, difficulty relaxing, sleep disturbances, difficulty concentrating, irritability, procrastination. Worry interferes with everyday life. Social anxiety Persistent fear of social or performance situations (e.g. dating, public speaking); intense fear of negative evaluation by others; fear of being humiliated or...
Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...everyday experience. I am sure you have used scissors, saws, files, chisels or even sandpaper at some time in order to remove unwanted material. These are all mechanical methods where a force is applied through the cutting tool (whether it is the grit in sandpaper or the metal edge of a saw) to the material, and a cut is made on a macroscopic or microscopic scale. Cutting...
Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...everyday practice, so that getting educators to share their content in learning object repositories proved to be a barrier. Unlike sharing research findings in published journals, or sharing teaching resources informally within an institution, there was no real incentive or established practice for sharing teaching material on this scale. And, as Brian Lamb points out,...
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...everyday sense, the short answer is, ‘no’. As you will probably already appreciate, there is a considerable overlap between institutions and organisations. Organisations can become institutions as they become established and recognised as standing for something more than themselves; they come to embody and express important social norms and values. This can perhaps be...
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...everyday language, the term 'oil' is used to refer to petroleum (crude oil), which is indeed a thick liquid that doesn't mix with water. Chemists sometimes refer to crude oil as 'mineral oil' in order to distinguish it from oils derived from plants or other sources. In this course the term 'oil' will be used in its everyday sense - meaning petroleum (crude oil)...Living...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...everyday lives. You will look at the issue of flooding, a problem with a long history but becoming increasingly important globally because of the impact of climate change. Using economic theory, you will explore why market forces alone typically cannot resolve the problems associated with flooding, creating a rationale for government intervention. You will then see how a...
Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...everyday life, it’s likely that you’ll come across information represented in charts, graphs and tables. It can be very useful to know how to interpret this information, and in other circumstances, to present your own findings in this way. This course will help you to develop the skills you need to do this, and gain the confidence to use them. This course builds on...
Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...everyday speech, for example ‘education system’ or ‘transport system’. This everyday usage can lead to misunderstanding and conflict because different stakeholders will make different boundary judgements based on their different experiences. This is the same as saying that one person’s education system will be different to another’s. Conflict and confusion...