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Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...mental importance to your success in studying other courses. This course is about the very basic study skills of reading and taking notes. These are basic in the sense that they are the foundation for all successful study. But that does not mean they are simple. If you have no recent experience of reading academic texts you need to re-learn your reading skills. Reading...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...health and beauty retailer and Paul Outridge, the Head of Treasury at De La Rue, the world’s largest commercial security printer and paper maker. Managing company risks involves an active relationship with the banking sector... and here to represent that sector I'm pleased to have Hor Chan. First, can I turn to you Neil – what are the financial risks that arise in the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...health. FARIDA PANHWAR: Yes, not at all. MOHAMMAD SAIDUR RAHMAN: They don't care about anything. Lots of sweets available, lots of fried things available, and they start with fried things. To be true, I'm a liberal Muslim. I believe in the philosophies of Islam, rather than the practice that we do today. So in that sense, halal or haram is not very much a big issues to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...health, sex, race, religion or political opinion. The prohibition of discrimination is inherent to all of the Law of Geneva and therefore applies also in conflicts of a non-international character. Common Article 3(1) of the Geneva Conventions prohibits discrimination on various grounds (see Box 5). However, it is essential to distinguish between the prohibition of...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through
Education & Development

Leadership for inclusion: thinking it through

...health. Education is a widely accepted humanitarian obligation and an internationally mandated human right. These claims are neither controversial nor new. (Cohen, Bloom & Malin, 2006 p. v) However, despite such claims, delivering education based on equality for all people is neither universal nor historically significant, and it continues to compete with a range of other...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...health care, foreign policy, and so on. Given the large number of taboos, it is not surprising to find that such groups repeatedly go through the process of dividing into factions. Although this is a fairly extreme example, the same processes operate in formal and informal work groups. For example, in the production of an Open University course there comes a point when it...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

Working with charts, graphs and tables

...Health Service). After you have looked at the graph, try to answer the questions below. Source: The Guardian 9 January 1999 What impression do you think the author is trying to give? There appears to be a crossover point, when did it take place? How many UK nurses were registered with the NHS at this time? How many EU/non-EU nurses were registered with the NHS at this...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...health. Depending on the severity and duration of the inundation, these different aspects of damage may exacerbate each other (such as in cases where large scale flooding makes roads impassable, making it difficult to rescue people or get healthcare to them). On the other hand, flooding may be predictable, expected and harmless. If there is an adequate flood plain to take...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs