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Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...Social interaction which enables individuals to engage in conversations, express their thoughts, and establish connections with others. Communication is more than just what is said. It is a mixture of verbal and non-verbal messages that can change depending on individual preferences or the circumstances (UK Coaching, 2018). Broadly speaking, when we refer to communication...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Retail marketing
Money & Business

Retail marketing

...interact and communicate with their customers. As consumers, visiting retail stores is often part of daily life. We visit different kinds of stores and consume various goods and services that are essential to fulfil our needs. We interact and trade with shops of varying shapes and sizes, which offer different shopping experiences. Consider, for example, where you buy your...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations
Money & Business

Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations

...social pressure, particularly a pressure to control all processes and outcomes. Christine acknowledges that this is an unhelpful perspective and her solution is to involve people from the early stage of projects. There is a pragmatic dimension to this way of approaching leadership – people in formal leadership roles rarely have enough time. But there is something more...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...social care practice. Following on from Kempe's claims that some children were routinely beaten and ill treated within their own families, other issues such as sexual abuse and emotional abuse have also come to the fore. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) released a statement in 2002 which said: Home Office figures show that the rate of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...interact with the fingerprints and make them visible. The fingerprints can then be photographed, ready to be compared by experts with a database of fingerprints or with fingerprints taken from a suspect. Assuming that a successful match is found, fingerprint evidence can then be used in an attempt at individualisation. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)
Education & Development

Teaching assistants: support in action (Wales)

...social services and education have insights into the diverse roles and distinctive contributions of teaching assistants across the UK be able to identify some of the skills that teaching assistants use to provide effective support and that contribute to productive teamwork be reflecting on the value of the work of teaching assistants and on the support skills involved,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...social construction of difference and power. The materials are primarily an audio file, originally 28 minutes in length and recorded in 1998. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Sociology...Children’s rights: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define the broad issue of children as citizens...Children’s...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy

...interactive cell. After seeing many fascinating examples of the use of fluorescence microscopy, you’ll use a digital fluorescence microscope to explore samples yourself....Exploring cells with digital fluorescence microscopy: Introduction - For centuries, humans have wondered what lies beyond what we can see. With the invention of the microscope, we unlocked an entirely...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs