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An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...study leave and annual leave, while also assuring the correct skill mix on a ward. Portable technology is becoming more relevant to healthcare delivery, with iPads being used to collate information, action investigations and review information with patients being actively involved. This helps to democratise the decision-making process for those who may wish to have a more...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Successful IT systems
Digital & Computing

Successful IT systems

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the nature of success and failure in IT systems understand what makes an IT system successful understand the sociotechnical nature of IT systems, in that they incorporate hardware, software, organisational, social and human components identify different types of stakeholders and apply techniques to elicit the main...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Environment: treading lightly on the Earth
Nature & Environment

Environment: treading lightly on the Earth

...studying this course, you should be able to: explain the nature and extent of the carbon footprints of individuals and households within the national and global economy assess individual carbon footprints using a carbon calculator understand the main components of the carbon footprint of individuals and households, and the most effective actions for reducing the footprint...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Wales and rugby
Society, Politics & Law

Wales and rugby

...skills of their work at play in ripping the ball out of mauls, physical strength. This was damned unfair. I mean the people who played rugby in the other countries were doing it as recreation – different from their work. Here were the Welshmen employing the skill and strengths of their work actually on the field of play and that was not seen as fair play. Hugh Mackay:...
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Law and change: Scottish legal heroes Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Law and change: Scottish legal heroes

...study is skills. These include the ability to write concise summaries of the facts and law. There are rarely model answers and the example that follows highlights the key facts and issues. Figure 3 Example summary of the key facts in Donoghue When reading the pleadings in Activity 1 you might have thought that the facts of the case were somewhat ordinary, perhaps even...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The restless Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The restless Universe

...study...--- Please note: This is course is due to be archived on . You can study the course up until this date. For learners who have completed the course, the Statement of Participation will remain in your learner records in your OpenLearn profile. --- The restless Universe introduces you to major achievements and figures in the history of physics, from...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?
Society, Politics & Law

Would Donald Trump's wall work to reduce migration from Mexico?

...study led by sociologist Douglas Massey, published last month at the American Journal of Sociology and summarized at Made in America. He and his colleagues collected the migration histories of about 150,000 Mexican nationals who had lived for at least a time in the US and compared them with border policy. They found that: More border enforcement changed where migrants...
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Article 5 mins
Week 1 Civilisations: The debate
History & The Arts

Week 1 Civilisations: The debate

...studying art from the Renaissance to the present, from a global perspective. The series will thus overlap quite a bit, although the topic of A344 has been not a history of separate 'civilisations', but cross-cultural connections and the legacies of colonialsm, empire and globalisation. Civilisations is indeed a visual spectacle, but what the series is doing is important,...
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Activity 5 mins