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Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...education. To complete this course you will need access to a calculator, a notepad and pen, and a protractor. Enrolling on this course will give you the opportunity to earn an Open University digital badge. The badge is a great way to demonstrate your interest in the subject. What you learn by completing the course will really help if you wish to enrol on a formal...
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Free course 48 hrs
Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...educated status of the householder, or the image he wished to project. It’s often difficult to identify the actual householders at Pompeii, but it’s believed that this man - Pacquius Proculus - owned this house. It’s interesting to speculate on what he was like, by looking at the architectural features. Here we have a richly decorated entrance, a large open atrium...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...education and the development of society. However, in many European countries the idea of fair dealing is not accepted and still hotly debated. Where fair dealing is referred to in national laws it tends not to be very explicit, and publishers and users have had to resort to drawing up consensus guidelines for actual day-to-day practice. Things are even less clear with...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...Education © Martini et al. (2000, Figures 18–17, p. 483) in Toates, F. (2001) ‘The other sensory systems’, in Biological Psychology, Pearson Education Figure 12 Connections from the ear to the primary auditory cortex. The arrow indicates the route of the auditory information Representation of the signal in the primary auditory cortex is tonotopic. That is, cells at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...educated to the same degree as his sons, and this would require them to leave the home and participate in public. By veiling for a specific period of time, related to their daily routine and their life stage as unmarried women, my grandmother and her sisters were able to overturn social norms by attending college and to observe the sanctities of public space or private...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction
Digital & Computing

Integrated safety, health and environmental management: An introduction

...Education and Enforcement (the four Es) on road accidents, is actually a very simplified multiple cause diagram, drawn from the perspective of, say, the highways engineer. [Elements of road safety] Figure 6 Elements of road safety...Integrated safety, health and environmental management: 4.1 Introduction - Annual costs to employers from accidental injury and occupational...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...educational songs for groups of very young children – an intention reflected in the simplicity of the music and lyrics. The original performances of this melody were therefore in a more controlled environment; as indicated in the score in Figure 1, it was to be sung by children and their teacher at the start of the day while standing. Only in the 1930s were the now...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...education so attractive in the first place. Then it must consider what its competitive advantage is within this marketplace. Once it has done so it can then set about (1) identifying organisational objectives (2) developing strategies and organisational designs (3) identify ‘value drivers’ (4) develop actions plans, select measures, and set clear targets and (5)...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs