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Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction
Digital & Computing

Managing complexity: A systems approach – introduction

...creatively about issues of complexity. It enables you to appreciate and manage these issues in ways that can lead to improvement. It adopts the most recent and innovative advances in systems thinking and applies them to topical areas of concern. It is designed to help build your capacity to manage complexity and to develop a deep understanding of contemporary systems...
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Level 3: Advanced 75 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...write “ ‘Canberra University’ or ‘Open University’, class of ‘98”. What are the functions of Kente?...Textiles in Ghana: 4.2 The meaning of kente designs - Activity 13 Once you’ve watched the video, explain, using your own words, what kente designs mean. Catherine (VO) The Kentehene, the Chief of Bonwire Weavers, is the official guardian of the history and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Teaching secondary science
Education & Development

Teaching secondary science

...creative and artistic people who find it hard to relate to the impersonal image associated with science. They may have been put off by lacklustre teaching that failed to help them see the relevance of science to their lives and interests. Many people do not feel that they were successful in science at school; some are even hostile towards science or show pride in their...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Understanding organisational value
Money & Business

Understanding organisational value

...writing better regulation that is a bit more commercial. Within financial services especially, we've seen recent regulation that actually can be used to commercially make firms more efficient. So if we take GDPR as an example, on the face of it, it's a really annoying piece of regulation, because you now have to think about privacy and the way that you organise your data,...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course image: SolStock/Getty Images Figure 5: Boris Johnson © LEON...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...creativity, promoting dignity and justice for everyone. We work with the Bishop and Diocese of London and the wider church, as a spiritual focus for London, the nation and the world. Our Values Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; To uphold integrity, honesty and openness in what we do; To aim for the highest...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online

...writing a brief description of the attack which might explain it to other learners, and write it in the space below. Examples of things you might put into your description are: the CIA concepts that are relevant to the example you have chosen whether malware was involved in the attack, and what type of malware it was the asset that was affected by the attack...Week 1:...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...write epic poetry in Latin was a translation of the Odyssey into the Latin language by Livius Andronicus in the mid third century bce. Although only fragments of this survive, the fact that Livius chose to translate a Greek epic poem shows the strong association between the genre and Greek culture. However, it wasn’t long before Roman poets began to tell the stories of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs