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Systems diagramming
Digital & Computing

Systems diagramming

...student or an employee, it is the latter activity that is central to much systems work. But there is also a subsidiary reason I hinted at. Authors also use diagrams: to decorate and enhance the text to make it more pleasing to read...Systems diagramming: 3.4 Thinking through diagrams - One of the features that characterises complex situations is the interconnectedness of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...become “chemical comforts” to deal with loneliness, trauma, isolation or alienation. It’s not just about hedonism. Imprisonment is highly stressful and taking drugs can become a crucial coping mechanism to get through hard times and the mundane daily monotony of prison life. This view was endorsed in October 2017 by Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, who...
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I have an accent, (why) does it matter?
Languages

I have an accent, (why) does it matter?

...become less pronounced if a speaker wishes to adopt a more native-like pronunciation. However, pronunciation is more closely linked to identity than any other language subskills like grammar or vocabulary, and for this reason it can evoke particular emotions. People often feel embarrassed or worried about their accents. These feelings can lead to communication breakdowns,...
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Fake news during COVID-19
Science, Maths & Technology

Fake news during COVID-19

...become worse if we ‘open’ the country too soon. I am not sure how this can be controlled. It seems that ignorance is everywhere, and it is especially hard to fight ignorance if political leaders agree with it. Kaustubh: There has also been substantial criticism of the official reporting of numbers in various countries. For example, in the UK the official figures only...
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Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...students, currently studying with The Open University – http://www.open.ac.uk/ choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...student will study things like the National Health Service, how it’s developed, how it’s changed, how it operates. They will study education systems, the role of education for school children, and then how education is taken forward into later life, what they call these days lifelong learning, increasingly important to recognize that education isn’t just something...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
EU Referendum - Economy
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Economy

...become lower than the risks of staying in. They worry, in particular, that staying in the EU would expose the UK to its troubled experiment with the Euro Area. In its present form, the 17-member Eurozone may be destined to underperform the UK and US economies because of the limits it imposes on freedom of budgetary action, and the problems it causes for less dynamic...
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A Victorian Christmas: Thackeray goes to the pantomime
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Thackeray goes to the pantomime

...become at Christmas time. What wassail-bowls, robin-redbreasts, waits, snow landscapes, bursts of Christmas song! And then to think that these festivities are prepared months before--that these Christmas pieces are prophetic! How kind of artists and poets to devise the festivities beforehand, and serve them pat at the proper time! We ought to be grateful to them, as to...
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