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Exploring Religion in London
History & The Arts

Exploring Religion in London

...analysis and remember that the rich internal diversity of religious traditions means that other ‘insiders’ might have different perspectives from the speaker in a particular video. Explore more in religion These films serve as a taster for a new Open University module, A227 Exploring Religion: Places, Practices, Texts and Experiences. The module will pursue all these...
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Video 30 mins
Speeches and speech-making
History & The Arts

Speeches and speech-making

...analysis appreciate the importance of audience in relation to speech-making...Speeches and speech-making: 1 Voice - Having said that the word ‘voice’ is multifaceted, it might be helpful now to differentiate between some of these usages. As a first step, we can distinguish between literal and metaphorical usages. A metaphor is a type of figurative language that...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Understanding autism Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding autism

...data sets (Hickey, 2015). Another example is the need for structure, routine and repetition. Difficulty adapting to change may go with the capacity to persist in tasks for which others would not have sufficient patience or attention span. Again, this is proving invaluable in some industrial jobs. The same social naivety which, as we saw earlier, may lead a person into...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Sustainable innovations in enterprises
Money & Business

Sustainable innovations in enterprises

...analysis, helping suppliers identify the business case for better social and environmental performance. A well-managed supply chain will aim to reduce the cost and complexity of the production process and environmental cost at all stages of the process. Sustainable supply chains offer a win-win situation. They are profitable for the businesses involved and they are...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...analysis of regulator documents also found that regulators commonly provided this information. [A number of overlapping circles containing the following questions: Will I get paid expenses? What will the hearing room looks like? Who will be in the hearing room? If and when will I be called to be a witness? Do I have to attend? Can I bring someone with me? I don’t want...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...analysis skills to explore texts and images know what is meant by ‘classical reception’ and understand the importance of studying how ancient texts, images and artefacts have been interpreted by ancient and modern audiences...Exploring Ovid’s big ideas: 1 What is Ovid’s Metamorphoses? - It is difficult to sum up Ovid’s Metamorphoses. It is an epic poem, but one...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Psychological research, obedience and ethics
Society, Politics & Law

Psychological research, obedience and ethics

...data collected by other researchers, lower species (leeches, cell cultures, etc.) or, increasingly, computer simulations. What emerges from these studies are the ‘3 Rs’ of animal research. These are to: refine procedures to minimise suffering reduce the number of individual animals used replace animals with other alternatives. These guidelines are interpreted and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...data about certain aspects for statistical analysis, or in numbers of jobs created or lost...Companies and financial accounting: 4 Three perspectives on the role of companies and financial reporting in society - The allocation of a bundle of property rights over shareholders, the company and the directors creates the possibility for conflicting interests. In addition,...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs