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Rural entrepreneurship in Wales
Money & Business

Rural entrepreneurship in Wales

...course, Rural entrepreneurship in Wales, will introduce you to some concepts and models that will help you work out what you want to do with your business idea and to consider the impact of living in a rural location...What are the important issues to consider when starting up or running a small business in a rural environment? This free course, Rural entrepreneurship in...
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs
Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)
Education & Development

Addysg gynhwysol: deall yr hyn a olygwn (Cymru)

...course Inclusive education: knowing what we mean. Ar gael yn: https://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ education/ educational-technology-and-practice/ educational-practice/ inclusive-education-knowing-what-we-mean/ content-section-0 (cyrchwyd 2 Hydref 2018). Booth, T. (1996) ‘A perspective on inclusion from England’, Cambridge Journal of Education, 26(1): 87–99. Daniels, H....
Introduction to group theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to group theory

...course is an introduction to group theory, one of the three main branches of pure mathematics. Section 1 looks at the set of symmetries of a two-dimensional figure which are then viewed as functions. Section 2 introduces an algebraic notation for recording symmetries and calculating composites and inverses of symmetries. Section 3 introduces definitions and looks at how...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Gaelic in modern Scotland
Languages

Gaelic in modern Scotland

...course, Gaelic in modern Scotland, is available in both Gaelic and English. The course has been designed to provide a resource for people with a personal or professional interest in increasing their knowledge and understanding of the development and impact of Scottish Gaelic and its culture. It aims to surprise and challenge where necessary; to provide links and ideas for...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...course, Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution, will introduce you to issues around the sexual revolution and how this, and other contemporary social revolutions of the 1960s, impacted upon American rock musician Janis Joplin (1943-1970). You will investigate the extent to which the contemporary sexual revolution brought about greater gender equality for female popular...
Questioning crime: social harms and global issues
Society, Politics & Law

Questioning crime: social harms and global issues

...course, Questioning crime: social harms and global issues, introduces the concept of social harm as an alternative to the more familiar concept of 'crime' as a basis for studying aspects of the social world which are damaging or harmful. In doing so, it will encourage you to think critically about the strengths and limitations of criminology as a subject area...This free...
Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...course, Understanding your sector, will help you to understand the difference between sectors, industries and professions. It will also help you to gain the inside knowledge to impress in applications and at interviews and to put together an action plan that is tailored to you...Are you in a job you don’t like or which doesn’t satisfy you? Do you want a more...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...course will give you an understanding of the nature and importance of carbon footprints of individuals and households. It will enable you to measure your own carbon footprint and explore what you could do to reduce that footprint and so ‘tread more lightly on the Earth’...Environment: treading lightly on the Earth focuses on the problem of greenhouse gas emissions,...