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Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University
Education & Development

Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University

...managed to signpost to some of those here...Introducing multidisciplinary study at The Open University: 6 End-of-course quiz - Now it’s time to complete the compulsory badged quiz. End-of-course quiz Remember, this quiz counts towards your badge. If you’re not successful the first time, you can attempt the quiz again in 24 hours. Open the quiz in a new window or tab...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Can renewable energy sources power the world? Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Can renewable energy sources power the world?

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation – which also displays your Open University badge. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide
Health, Sports & Psychology

The football World Cup: where sport and politics collide

...management. When the Swiss authorities started looking through the company’s files, another story began to emerge. Yann Sayre Andersen. YANN SAYRE ANDERSEN And this was when the massive corruption system was discovered. Later, there was a court case in Switzerland against six ISL directors for embezzlement of ISL money. These six ISL directors could freely talk about...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...manage that, how you influence that, I don’t know one hundred percent what that is yet. It’s about expectation change at one level but still, somewhere between the end user, the learner and their changed expectations and the changed role of the Faculty members you get at that very challenging learning process, that’s really quite different in an open course than it...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...managed to prevent Liberal candidates from winning. [The black and white photograph shows Ada Nield Chew in hat and day-dress animatedly addressing a crowd during the Crewe by-election of 1912. She is standing high up on the back of a hansom cab and is surrounded by a throng of working-class men, whose cloth caps are very evident, and young working-class boys, again...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...managing the health and welfare of modern populations...While recognising the shadows cast by two world wars (one concluded and one imminent) over European society during the 1920s and 1930s, this free course, Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period, demonstrates how a number of specific features indicate that the interwar period was a distinctive and important...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...management of, and ultimately who could live in the polar regions. The defining feature of the polar environment is the cold so it would not be surprising if in your answers to Activity 1 you had mentioned it. Then there is the wildlife, the history of exploration, the isolation, the beauty and so on. Fundamentally the polar regions are most likely all of the things you...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...Manager at the Nuffield Foundation) discusses the type of work he does. Which part of his role do you find the most interesting, and why? Video 1 Starting a career in policy research (Youtube link: The Open University is not responsible for external content) Comment Anvar discussed many different tasks that he carries out as a senior researcher, including research...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs