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Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: appraise the skills used in asking for contributions identify ways of sustaining and developing donor involvement make recommendations on how an organisation might most appropriately acknowledge contributions contribute to thinking on the actual or potential role of ‘big gifts’ in an organisation's...
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...learn more about leadership in the context of public service provision, by public sector organisations, community and voluntary groups, and political bodies...Leadership has been studied for centuries, although its examination in modern times has largely focused on the work of senior executives in private sector, profit-making organisations. In this free course, you will...
Returning to STEM Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open University's OpenLearn website and do not cost anything to study. They differ from Open University courses because you do not...
Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: speak about personal preferences with regard to food and drink order and pay for food and drink in a restaurant use the verbs essen and trinken demonstrate an awareness of different types of snacks, different meal times and different places to eat in German-speaking countries recognise the distinct...
Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...learn vocabulary relating to physical description and personality, and practise describing and comparing people. You will also find out about the Italian author Natalia Ginzburg and have the opportunity to read an extract from one of her novels. Listening to Italian speakers describing people will enable you to practise listening skills and improve your pronunciation....
The impact of technology on children's physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

The impact of technology on children's physical activity

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe how children interact with technology in a wide range of ways in today’s digital universe discuss the relationship between screen time and low levels of physical activity in children evaluate evidence exploring whether technology such as video games and wearable activity monitoring as well...
‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places
Society, Politics & Law

‘Problem’ populations, ‘problem’ places

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the complex and different ways in which questions of social justice and inequality come to be seen in terms of the deficient behaviour of different populations Understand how certain groups of people and places come to be identified as ‘problematic’ and...
Everyday maths 2 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2 (Wales)

...learn by completing the course will really help if you wish to enrol on a formal qualification. Once you are signed in, you can manage your digital badges online from your OpenLearn Profile. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn Statement of participation – which also displays your badge. This course has been produced as part of the Department for...
Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs