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Beginners’ Chinese
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese

...introduction to this album. Beginners Chinese: Pronunciation and tone Mandarin Chinese speech sounds and tones. Learn how to pronounce Chinese vowels, consonants and the four tones. Beginners Chinese: Numbers from zero to ten Learn to count from zero to ten in Chinese. Beginners Chinese: Greetings and names Greeting each other and asking about each other’s names....
Social Care: Past and Present
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social Care: Past and Present

...introduction to this album. Changing communities in north Sheffield Introducing the two adjacent but distinct communities of Darnall and Tinsley in north Sheffield. Sheffield Health Action Zone Working with the community to improve individual and community welfare. Ethnic diversity in Sheffield communities Sheffield Social Services' dedicated Home Care Service for the...
The science of the mind: investigating mental health
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of the mind: investigating mental health

...introduction to this album. The Blackthorn Garden A typical day at Blackthorn Garden, a social enterprise venture which provides work placements for people with mental health problems. Talking about Blackthorn: the chief executive Jan Prior talks about how people are referred to Blackthorn, the importance of teamwork, and the overall aims of the enterprise. Talking about...
Social care, social work and the law
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care, social work and the law

...introduction to this album. Social workers and the law The legal implications surrounding social work are varied and intricate. Stewart Vernon defines and highlights the implications of training and the punitive aspects of the law. Children and the law Three practitioners discuss detailed aspects of the law when working with children, including public and private law,...
Modelling events in time
Science, Maths & Technology

Modelling events in time

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Modelling events in time, is an extract from the Open University course M343 Applications of probability, a third level course that develops ideas about probability and random processes that were introduced in the Open University course M248 Analysing data....
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Linear programming – the basic ideas
Science, Maths & Technology

Linear programming – the basic ideas

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Linear programming – the basic ideas, is an extract from the Open University course M373 Optimization, a third level applied mathematics course that will interest you if you need to create mathematical models or if you use numerical software in industry,...
Group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Group theory

...Introduction - Please note: a Statement of Participation is not issued on this course. This free OpenLearn course, Group theory, is an extract from the Open University course M303 Further pure mathematics, a third level course that introduces important topics in the theory of pure mathematics including: number theory; the algebraic theory of rings and fields; and metric...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...Introduction - This course discusses the future of Europe, and it looks particularly closely at what may happen to the smaller political units presently existing below the level of the nation-state. These include nation-regions like Scotland and Wales, larger entities like the German Länder, and smaller more recently created regions with less existing cultural unity....
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs