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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

...Study, conducted by Professor Olga Jurasz, examined the scale, impact and societal attitudes towards online violence against women and girls (OVAWG) across the UK. It found that 1 in 4 women in England experience OVAWG and 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ women experience online violence. Similarly, in Scotland 1 in 3 young women (aged under 34) experienced OVAWG, while 1 in 2 LGBTQ+...
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Audio 30 mins
Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus...Democracy? You think you know?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: consider the value of democracy, through examples challenge perceived wisdom about our political systems...Democracy? You think you know?: 1 Is democracy really such a good thing? - Politics is vital...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...study of environments. Like any other estuary, the Blackwater brings together a diverse range of processes, elements and issues that constitute the environment. It offers us a way into thinking about how to approach the study of environments and why environmental questions are so pressing. By drawing on a variety of examples from the estuary we intend to convey how broad...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring health: is your lifestyle really to blame?

...studying this course, you should be able to: outline to what extent a person’s ‘lifestyle’ impacts upon their health and wellbeing describe how psychosocial (i.e. social, economic, cultural and political) factors influence a person’s health identify what government interventions have been developed to tackle a health issue, in particular obesity...Exploring...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...skill that helps you to tackle a wide variety of different problems. This free course, Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas, explores some of these patterns, from ancient number patterns to the latest mathematical research...Patterns occur everywhere in art, nature, science and especially mathematics. Being able to recognise, describe and use these patterns is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
What do we mean by digital health and social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we mean by digital health and social care?

...skills (Topol, 2019). Therefore, the digital skills you are learning as you study will be valuable both now and in the future. There are many perspectives about what digital health and social care is, ranging from simple use of electronic records through to more complex artificial intelligence and robotics in surgery. You will probably have heard a lot of different terms...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...study in Environment & Development...Watching the weather: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, concepts, scientific principles and language relating to meteorology and weather forecasting, in particular the techniques used to gather meteorological data receive...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The use of force in international law
Society, Politics & Law

The use of force in international law

...study the law on the use of force. This is one of the central topics in public international law, as it contains the body of principles aimed at ensuring territorial sovereignty and independence of states, which are the main actors in international law. The prohibition of the use of force and the principle of non-intervention in the internal or external affairs of other...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs