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Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...Open University course K118 Perspectives in Health and Social Care...Introducing ageing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current issues in ageing and later life reflect on experiences of ageing and later life analyse case studies of care situations, drawing out their wider relevance to...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...Source: Phillip Inman, the Guardian, Wednesday 6 July 2005...Systems engineering: challenging complexity: 1.2 The Phoenix project - It is all too easy to dismiss problems like that being experienced with the tax credit system as being inherent in the design and implementation of computer-based systems. But they are not restricted to computer systems, as the example of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Human resources: recruitment and selection
Money & Business

Human resources: recruitment and selection

...Open University course B615 The professional certificate in management ...Human resources: recruitment and selection: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: list the skills and knowledge needed to conduct full and fair recruitment and selection undertake full and fair recruitment and selection systematically...Human resources: recruitment...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...Open University course E236 Applying sport and exercise sciences to coaching...Training for endurance in sport and fitness: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain what is meant by the concept of endurance understand the physiological principles that underpin endurance apply a range of training techniques for endurance in practice...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Teaching Spanish pronunciation
Languages

Teaching Spanish pronunciation

...open). Along the front-back dimension, Spanish vowels are either front, central, or back. So for instance, when pronouncing /i/ as in piso (flat), the front of the tongue body is raised towards the palate. (The back vowels of Spanish are articulated with lip rounding). [Animated cross-section of the articulation of Spanish /i/. Sounds of Speech, University of Iowa...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...Open University course DD105 Introduction to criminology...An introduction to crime and criminology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: provide a basic definition of ‘crime’ demonstrate that ideas about what a crime is and what it is not are often contested provide a definition of what criminology is and the subject matter it...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: island life in a volatile world

...source of popular concern and anxiety (Beck, 1992). However, amid this growing acknowledgement of the severity of human-induced or anthropogenic environmental issues, we should not forget that physical processes are highly variable, and sometimes extremely volatile, even without human input. Recent years have seen a number of sharp and shocking reminders of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...Open University course D818 MA International relations part 1...International relations: exploring territorial divisions: 1 How is the world divided territorially? - If we consider the political map of the world at different points in history, we are presented with a fluctuating picture that shows a range of different territorial units forming, falling away and reforming...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs