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The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...skills. Niven, who also studied art at one time, has an artist's eye for his city - the streets, the buildings, the effect oflight - and his Glasgow is a beautiful place as well as a prosperous one. SEANDAMER The events of the First World War were to change all that. The emergence ofa genuinely national British press in the nineteenth century was vital in this process....
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Facilitating group discussions
Money & Business

Facilitating group discussions

...skills that you need to develop to become more effective in this role. Then you’ll be asked to watch a series of video clips showing facilitation in action. You’ll meet Alan as he tries to facilitate a meeting of an established group – a chaotic meeting. Next you will listen to a dialogue between Alan and a more experienced facilitator, Lisa, to see how she handled...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Exploring languages and cultures
Languages

Exploring languages and cultures

...skills involved in language-related professions such as translation and interpreting...Explore the multiple relationships between languages and cultures. In this free course you will learn about the benefits and challenges of meeting people from different cultures and the ways in which language and human communities shape each other. You will look at the role of...
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Level 1: Introductory 14 hrs
Developing (as) a research team
Education & Development

Developing (as) a research team

...study of earring wearing in North London (I made that up)? What has that got to do with equality, diversity and inclusion? A simple answer is (perhaps) the diverse group of people who are undertaking the research. Transcript. The advantages of having a diverse group of people involved in any activity are well documented and underpin many of the arguments behind EDI...
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Article 15 mins
Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...studying the Classical world feel more ‘at home’ with references to dates, names, places and terms. If you’re familiar with these aspects, use the menu below to take a look at the intermediate level articles exploring ‘The Histories’ in more detail. [Image taken from page 387 of 'Herodotus: the text of Canon Rawlinson's translation, 1897] Image taken from page...
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Activity 5 mins
How does nature tell the time?
Nature & Environment

How does nature tell the time?

...study of tree ring growth. Here she gives Ever Wondered her expert perspective on what tree rings can tell us about ourselves...[A dead tree on the coast] "Time flashes by. We are here for just a moment and then we’re part of history. My lifetime probably won’t last beyond 100 years if I’m lucky. But did you know that something we see nearly every day will far out...
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Article 10 mins
Presenting information
Digital & Computing

Presenting information

...represent and interpret information. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Computing & IT...Presenting information: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: use the Windows calculator to carry out basic operations and calculate percentages interpret and use information presented in tables and charts round numbers appropriately...Presenting information: 1.1.1......
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...study the principles of hypothesis testing, including the specification of significance levels, as well as one-sided and two-sided tests. Finally, you will learn how to perform a hypothesis test of the mean of a variable, as well as the proportion of individuals in a dataset with a certain characteristic. You will use spreadsheets throughout the course as the central tool...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs