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What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...technology (GIS) to map, record and measure accurately. New technologies aid historical research which has grown from a long tradition of wider knowledge construction and a more recent tradition of academic landscape history. Better understanding of the impacts of human activity on landscapes has seen environmental history grow in scale and importance in the twenty-first...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Who counts as a refugee?
Society, Politics & Law

Who counts as a refugee?

...education, including in 1935 his PhD in Mathematics and Physics, but as a Jew he was unable to obtain work; he lived with his parents on their savings. Although born in Berlin, his father came from Romania and his mother from Poland. He grew up with Romanian citizenship, was naturalized as a German citizen in 1932, but lost this citizenship again in 1935, under new laws...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...Technology 50 2 Food 50+ 3 Technology 50 4 Food 50 5 Food 50 6 Food 50+ 7 Technology 50 8 Technology 50 9 Technology 50+ 10 Food 50+ See the following cross table, which elegantly summarises the information of our sample data. Table 8 Cross table for sample firms SECTOR 50 EMPLOYEES 50+ EMPLOYEES TOTAL FIRMS Technology 4 1 5 Food 2 3 5 Total 6 4 10 ......
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...education, or access to other services such as telecommunications. Needs are often immediate reasons and very strong drivers for design – everybody has needs that have to be fulfilled. To solve a problem: almost every time you come across a problem you use some sort of design process to create a new solution or workaround. Most problems are obvious and are identified...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Learning to swim in murky seas: Exploitation of the Electorate via Social Media

...technology. This will influence what news articles you will see, the type of issues that you are exposed to, and will largely filter out the information you tend not to read. As a result you are surrounded by a bubble of information that corresponds to the limited range presented to you by social media algorithms. Of course you could always make a deliberate effort to...
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Article 10 mins
The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...has been done in the past, what we believe to be possible now and what we imagine could be in the future. If you have enjoyed these perspectives, you can watch the original conversations on the Open University’s Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics YouTube channel: (un)disciplined futures inclusion, fairness and engagement astroenvironmentalism...
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Protest Banners: Hillsborough
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Hillsborough

...education study or returning after a break? You may even be able to study for free. ​ Our 'Arts and Languages Access module' – designed to develop the key skills required for successful university study – is an ideal starting point. You will be introduced to a range of absorbing subjects to prepare you for a wide range of qualifications in the humanities, including:...
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Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins
Society, Politics & Law

Raymond Williams and Leonardo Sciascia: Intellectuals At the Margins

...Education informed their respective interrogations of wider cultures. Williams’s writing on culture was influenced by the students in his extra mural classes in Sussex as much as his younger, more affluent Cambridge undergraduates. Some of the best work of both was produced in the late 1950s and early 1960s when post-war European societies were defined by the growth of...
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