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Community engagement and policing
OpenLearn Ireland

Community engagement and policing

Explore OpenLearn's collection of courses focused on community engagement and policing, produced in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...Find out more about The Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications. Transcript
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Is your trip killing the planet?
Nature & Environment

Is your trip killing the planet?

...mode of transport that is the best for the environment or does it depend on the journey? Is it extremely inconvenient and time consuming to travel in an environmentally friendly way? And is the financial cost of a journey similar to the environmental cost, or is the financially cheapest way the most expensive for the environment? Can you plan a green, hassle-free journey?...
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Building Stories
Science, Maths & Technology

Building Stories

...Stories interactive feature on OpenLearn]Click on the image above, to start your interactive experience Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser . Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Transcripts Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters MI6 Building Senedd Welsh Assembly Building...
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Do you have a photographic memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Do you have a photographic memory?

...have this special ability. This allows them to continue to see an image, in detail, for a short while even after it's taken away. Do you think you have this ability? Do you have a photographic memory? Instructions For best results, use a modern web browser. Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer or try a free alternative like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari....
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The importance of education for students in secure environments
Education & Development

The importance of education for students in secure environments

...courses at levels and in subjects that are otherwise unavailable, supporting students to choose courses and progress with their learning and championing the life-changing power of education to prisons, policymakers and the public. PET offer over 120 different distance learning courses, from business start-up to creative writing, GCSEs and A-levels, and Open University...
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How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein
History & The Arts

How technology can challenge our understanding of Frankenstein

...free literature collections such as Project Gutenberg. This gives us the opportunity to examine new ways of reading with the help of specialised text analysis software. Computers excel at tasks that humans find challenging, such as identifying and counting repeating patterns. Digital reading can thus draw our attention to textual phenomena that deserves further...
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Brexit and the Irish border
OpenLearn Ireland

Brexit and the Irish border

...free movement of goods and people between the EU and UK is the re-establishment of a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Meanwhile in the United States president Donald Trump has begun to build a border wall between the US and Mexico. After decades of globalisation and the free flow of people, goods and services, reinforced borders are the...
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Health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Health and wellbeing

...courses that you have already completed and use them towards the module. I also love the fact that you can study subjects that interest you whilst also developing skills for further study. If I was to study this module, I would focus on courses relevant to diet, health and physical activity, an area I am passionate about, so that I can develop greater understanding of how...
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