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Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...Health and Safety Statistics provided by the Office of Rail Regulation, online at www.rail-reg.gov.uk [accessed 18 June 2009]). Bearing these figures in mind, it would seem that the result of the government's initiative might be that more rail workers would be likely to be killed in the course of installing and maintaining the additional system. It really is not clear...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...health issues. The testing of nuclear weapons has also affected millions of individuals around the world. Nuclear fallout and dangerously high radiation levels emanating from nuclear tests affect individuals at the time of the tests and contaminate the areas for years afterwards. Activity 2 Watch this video of Ibba Bobaker, who represents those affected by French nuclear...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...health and safety regulations, or a market opportunity requires a simplified de-rated version. In short, the operations side of a business is forced to manage the dynamics of change on an almost continuous basis. Of course, managing change is not just restricted to managing technological change. As we made clear at the outset of this course, technological and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Organisations, environmental management and innovation
Nature & Environment

Organisations, environmental management and innovation

...health, quality and futures, including climate change. The emphasis on environmental management in policy and practice, from global agreements to national policy through to local level planning, is – in the EU context at least – a change in the managing of human–environment relations. In this respect, environmental management as an idea represents an innovation in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Teaching and learning tricky topics Badge icon
Education & Development

Teaching and learning tricky topics

...mental models (Harrison and Treagust, 1996) which are flawed. For example, the term ‘inheritance’ usually means that a child inherits from two parents, but in object-oriented programming inheritance comes from only one predecessor. This causes problems when students later use the term with other related programming concepts. 4) Intuitive belief The new knowledge may...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...health service, such as the NHS in the UK, competitors such as private healthcare providers exist. In addition, the funding of a hospital department may also be based on specific funding regimes. In this case, the use of novel surgical techniques may indeed be of strategic importance because they create the potential to process more patients, with fewer complications,...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...health. Links to the Digital Geology Kit appear at relevant points within this course. When you first access the tool you will be prompted to either sign in (if you are already an Open University student), or to register with you email address to create an account free of charge. This only takes a few minutes to do. Note that the interactive activities on the OpenScience...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Applying to study for a PhD in psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Applying to study for a PhD in psychology

...Health and Care Professions Council. For counsellors and psychotherapists, it means accreditation by a professional body, such as the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy or United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapists. Practice-related courses These may be training courses lead directly to a practitioner qualification, such as an accredited counselling or...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs