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The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...Research has shown that members of the NUWSS and the WSPU supported one another at different stages of the campaign (see Crawford, 2001, pp. 735–6). However, many campaigners were faced with the dilemma of choosing between ‘moral force’ and ‘physical force’ tactics. Was an approach of sticking to moral argument the best long-term path to success, or was physical...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...research, just try to make the decision you think is right on the basis of the facts that are given and the explanation of the law provided. The law may have been simplified for these exercises. This time, you do not have to make any factual findings, so assume that the facts have already been found or have been agreed by the parties. Once you have made your decision, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...research to come up with probabilities. Here's something from a medical piece of research. 2619 men were found to have certain risk factors to do with coronary heart disease. Of those men, at the end of the 8-year study, 246 of them had suffered with heart disease. So if the total possible men that could have coronary heart disease with a risk factor is 2619 but only 246...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Tamsin Edwards - Stories of Change

...research, and people can see that we’re just ordinary physicists, mathematicians, chemists, geologists – RH: You’re a mathematician? TE: I’m a physicist. So my background is originally in particle physics. So I think that would help. I think also just being really open and transparent and saying, ‘Well look, we listened to this criticism. We have these...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...researches of antiquaries, and the Shakespeare Society, for ascertaining the steps of the English drama, from the Mysteries celebrated in churches and by churchmen, and the final detachment from the church, and the completion of secular plays, from Ferrex and Porrex, and Gammer Gurton's Needle, down to the possession of the stage by the very pieces which Shakespeare...
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Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...research methods and pre-sessional English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy and research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...research methods and pre-sessional English with IELTS, which will be available for registration in due course. The Open Centre for Languages and Cultures is an international leader in online language learning and intercultural communications, built on our pioneering pedagogy and research. What makes the Open Centre different? The OU is the leader in online learning and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...research on local food markets in the West Highlands has found that the local food economy, is almost entirely dependent on the consumption of local food by tourists. The re-emergence and recognition of the importance of local food, and local food economy, is related to global tourism and marketing (Macintyre, 2005). What is interesting about this example of the West...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs