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Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...English (UK) one, you may have noticed the different date format and decimal point. In addition, one of the Excel’s habits of automatically adjusting the format of cell contents can sometimes produce unwanted or incorrect results. Therefore, it is useful to learn how things can be corrected and adjusted in Excel. In Excel spreadsheet, click on File, select Options and...
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Money & Business

Developing career resilience

...English Dictionary (2021) as ‘the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy’. Mguni et al. (2012, p. 3) accept that wellbeing and resilience are linked, but they also ask whether wellbeing and resilience are ‘two sides of the same coin or is it possible to be resilient but have low levels of wellbeing?’ They go on to explain the difference between the two...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...English-language sources, but according to the Korea Joongang Daily there have been allegations of bias toward particular universities.) It’s more than just job prospects that the young of the nation are working towards. “If you’re a good student, you’re respected by your teachers, parents and your friends. You’re very popular. Everybody wants to date you.”...
Introduction to critical criminology
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to critical criminology

...English in 1916 and provided a Marxist-informed analysis of ‘capitalist exchange’ and economic disadvantage He identified how an unequal distribution of property and wealth was created by labour-market exploitation. Such economic injustices thereby created a context for crime to be more likely to occur. Here we begin to see the importance of social structure, society,...
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...English, but the course is mainly in French. ...Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema: Introduction - Cinematography first became something the public could enjoy at a screening in Paris in 1895, at the Salon Indien of the Grand Café, Boulevard des Capucines. Since then, cinema has become a crucial part of French culture. In this free course, Upper...
Talk the talk
Education & Development

Talk the talk

...English tutor at The Open University, and also as an occasional standup comedian, I've learned a great deal about what it means to be able to present an idea to an audience in a way that's both effective and persuasive. Most people struggle with public speaking and believe they will never be good at it. It can be scary but this course will help boost your confidence....
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...English speech and promoting gangster life (Beaven, 2005, pp. 187–90). Perhaps it is little wonder then that when governments had the ability to control mass media they took to the task with great energy, as was the case with radio broadcasting. In Germany, radio broadcasting was ‘to be above party politics – unlike so many of Germany’s great and influential...
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Education & Development

Looking globally: the future of education

...English Oxford Living Dictionaries, n.d.) Activity 3 What is sustainability? Timing: Allow approximately 30 minutes. Listen to the short audio extract of an episode of the OU BBC Radio 4 programme Shared Planet (2013) entitled ‘What is Sustainability?’. As you listen, consider the differing views of what sustainability is. PRESENTER: Now this week we are looking at...