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Groups and teamwork
Science, Maths & Technology

Groups and teamwork

...education, 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...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision
Nature & Environment

Desmond Morris - Earth In Vision

...educating people gently. When I cooked an ostrich egg on television, for example, which is the size of 28 hen’s eggs, it looked like a silly thing to do but I ate this and the reason was, I said, ‘Now you understand why, these eggs are so tasty. That’s why the ostrich…’ and then I explained about all the defensive displays and distraction displays and things...
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Video 1 hr 40 mins
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...educated people believing. I mean look at America.’ ‘Well, they all say that he’s – he will help the poor and that but, yeah, all this stuff that’s happening like there’s poverty, and all these wars going on, and there’s like tsunamis and that. And it doesn’t look like he’s helping. Actually you kind of want to think like is he really out there to help...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...educated enough to be out in the world, I was taught. INTERVIEWER: Did anyone ever die in there? SUBJECT: Oh, die – I was at so many funerals. They were buried on the grounds of the Hyde Park. There was nothing religious in the ground where they were buried. It was just like a green playground, really. INTERVIEWER: What do you mean? Sorry. SUBJECT: It was just a green...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An introduction to design engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to design engineering

...education, or access to other services such as telecommunications. Needs are often immediate reasons and very strong drivers for design – everybody has needs that have to be fulfilled. To solve a problem: almost every time you come across a problem you use some sort of design process to create a new solution or workaround. Most problems are obvious and are identified...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Working in groups and teams
Money & Business

Working in groups and teams

...educators). Ingram, H., Teare, R., Scheuing, E. and Armistead, C. (1997) ‘A systems model of effective teamwork’, The TQM Magazine, vol. 9, issue 2, pp. 118–27. Kakabadse, A., Ludlow, R. and Vinnicombe, S. (1988) Working in Organizations, Harmondsworth, Penguin. Katzenbach, J. and Smith, D. (1993) The Wisdom of Teams, Boston, MA, Harvard Business School Press....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...Education and Action Fund. And that had been set up when the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was originally enacted. And their particular interest was in persuading the Supreme Court or advising the Supreme Court in how the equality guarantees in the Canadian Charter – so the Canadian Charter guarantees rights to equality before and under the law. And LEAF was...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...education and training opportunities in Scotland...More working with charts, graphs and tables: Conclusion - This free course provided an introduction to studying Mathematics and Statistics. It took you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance, and helped to improve your confidence as an independent learner...More...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs