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The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
Society, Politics & Law

The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world

...Open University. It is a podcast which champions the voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world. It explores different topics in relation to online safety, while aiming to appeal to a non-academic, general audience that may not have many opportunities to deepen their understanding of these issues. The Centre for Protecting Women Online is a vehicle for...
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...
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...
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...
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...open to all. The objectives are to empower everyone, by increasing knowledge of what the menopause is and the effects it can have, enabling awareness of the range of treatment options that are available, and considering in a practical and realistic way the contribution of lifestyle factors to the experience of menopause and to health in the mid-life phase and...
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...source of water for the future. In the UK there are areas where water supplies are limited, as shown by recent droughts. Globally, there are many areas that do not have enough water to support the current population adequately. Decisions will have to be made on the best way to use water in a world that's experiencing climate change. This free course, Surface water, helps...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...Open University course A330 Myth in the Greek and Roman worlds...Icarus: entering the world of myth: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: display knowledge of one well-known classical myth, and understand its relation to a number of other myths and characters understand how this myth functions in a range of historical, cultural and...
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Languages

Describing language

...Open University...Do you know the difference between a noun and an adjective? Do you know why we say indefatigable but not unfluffabluable? Would you like to? In this course you’ll go on a whistle-stop tour of all the key components of language. You’ll learn how to identify different parts of a language, from words all the way up to phrases and sentences. You’ll...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs