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Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...concepts; theories and evidence interpret and criticise different forms of evidence, both quantitative and qualitative read and understand information from tables, graphs, charts and diagrams...Political ordering: 1 ‘Political ordering’ (Georgina Blakeley and Michael Saward) - This section includes an extended case study of mural paintings in Northern Ireland. Case...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...concept of what TAs in this research described as ‘knowing their place’ in relation to managing behaviour will be introduced and discussed. Strategies to support TAs in ‘knowing their place’ in a positive, as opposed to pejorative way in managing behaviour will be considered through a range of different approaches to their direct work with children and teachers....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...prompted to either sign in (if you are already an Open University student), or to register with you email address to create an account free of charge. This only takes a few minutes to do. Note that the interactive activities on the OpenScience Laboratory website require a modern web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari or Microsoft Internet...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...prompting the 194 member states of the WHO to approve revised International Health Regulations in 2005...Public Health Approaches to Infectious Disease: 2.2.1 International Health Regulations: IHR (2005) - The main aim of the International Health Regulations (IHRs) or ‘IHR (2005)’ is to ensure early warning and prompt action to contain any public health emergency of...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...PROMPT checklist to evaluate your chosen data using the template provided. Reflect on the use of secondary data in your project. Feedback PROMPT is a useful tool to evaluate the secondary data you have. Think of questions such as: Is the information presented and communicated clearly? If the answer is no, then you will most probably not be able to fully understand this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies
Health, Sports & Psychology

The suicide of The Ceasefire Babies

...conception can cause epigenetic changes in both parent and child. These findings are among the latest in an increasing body of research showing that intergenerational transmission of trauma is not just a sociological or psychological problem, but also a biological one. Could this heritable aspect of trauma explain why so many young people in Northern Ireland, like Jonny,...
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Article 15 mins
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...concepts and principles you have studied in this part are: types of wave Waves can be seen as oscillations along fluid boundaries where restoring forces return the boundary to rest. In transverse waves the particles move at right angles to the direction of wave propagation. In longitudinal waves the direction of motion of the particles is in the same direction as the wave...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Education & Development

Am I ready to be a distance learner?

...concepts might need to be read more than once. Your learning materials may be in print or on a screen, but the skills you use to read and understand them are similar. Take notes – When reading through your learning materials, it is a good idea to take notes. Students tell us they develop their own approaches to making notes. This might be highlighting text in a printed...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs