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Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...work out exactly how you can fit studying around other commitments. Using a planner helps you schedule each event, appointment and task so you don't run out of time. You can use it to set deadlines to help you stay on track and plan in extra time for yourself and spending time with your loved ones. For further, extensive advice, The Open University provides plenty of...
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Article 10 mins
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...works as hard as it could to engage a contemporary audience he is currently series producing Savage Kingdom with Icon Films and NHFU Botswana for National Geographic Wild - a ground-breaking six-parter about the dangerously interconnected lives of competing clan predators in a kingdom far, far away. Transcript Earth in Vision Project My name is Dominic Weston, I’m a...
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Video 30 mins
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...works because they're what we call mutually exclusive events. A number greater than 3 cannot be both odd and even. So each of the numbers: 4, 5, and 6 can only be an even number or an odd number. And when you have mutually exclusive events, you can do this adding up calculation. So one way of calculating the probability of an outcome is to compare the number of ways that...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...work of other historians...Introduction: Moving around the course - In the ‘Summary’ at the end of each session, you will find a link to the next session. If at any time you want to return to the start of the course, click on ‘Full course description’. From here you can navigate to any part of the course. It’s also good practice, if you access a link from within...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Scottish courts and the law Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Scottish courts and the law

...work of lawyers and the judiciary and explore how Scottish courts and tribunals operate in an open and transparent way working to ensure justice...This free course, Scottish courts and the law, explores the role, function and purpose of the courts in Scotland and their relationship with the law. You consider the way in which cases come to court, the difference between the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...work? Has it achieved what was intended?) political (Who gains? Who loses?) ethical (Is it right? Or wrong?). I want you to ask, and find answers to, these sorts of questions about the ‘goodness’ of development management. This is because the ‘goodness’ – or otherwise – of development management matters. It matters, in some cases, in terms of life and death....
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...work programmes for famine victims. In fact, the EIC’s policies made the famine more devastating, since when the rains failed, it increased its taxes. Under the Mughals, during famine years taxes had been reduced or waived, grain had been given to the poor and money lent to farmers so they could replace their lost crops. The EIC, in contrast, acted against the welfare...
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Article 20 mins
Innovation in health and social care practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care practice

...working in these roles will have to learn to use technology and provide care in new ways. In the first activity, you will learn more about the ways in which technology will change professional practice. Activity 1 The rise of technology in care Select the answer for Activity 1 The rise of technology in care here Read the following news article, detailing how technology...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs