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Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...social legal studies and also one of the co-organisers of the Feminist legal Judgments Project. Rosemary, welcome. ROSEMARY HUNTER Thanks, Paul. Nice to be here. PAUL TROOP Can I ask you to explain what feminism is? ROSEMARY HUNTER OK, so feminism is an approach to thinking about the world, thinking about society, which pays attention to gender and gender difference. So...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...socially and environmentally responsible, the focus of management accounting is changing. Knowing the cost of a product is essential for any business. It helps to ensure that the price covers all the expenses associated with producing and selling the product, while also generating a profit. Having accurate cost information can also help in making informed business...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Art in Buenos Aires

...social. Y cada uno dibujo, y despues mezclamos los dibujos. Ricardo Lo que me preocupa mucho es la simpleza de todas estas formas y la complejidad de estas formas. ¿Como se puede equilibrar? Cristina Terzaghi Claro, esto como... como significádo de forma es múy potente porqué es el puente, y este gáncho, estás formas són... este... las vamos á apaciguar en color...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...social groups spend periods swimming slowly side by side ('echelon swimming'). This paired swimming mimics the behaviour of a calf with its mother and is probably associated with rest. It is likely that at these times the animals use a form of 'cat-napping', in which one half of the brain rests while the other remains active...Studying mammals: Return to the water: 2.3...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland. The functions of the public health agencies in the four nations of the UK are similar and are encapsulated in the Act of Parliament that created the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in England (HM Government, 2004). Principally, the agencies all function to protect the community (or any part of the community) against...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...social group they belong to. This course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A105 Voices, texts and material culture...Looking at, describing and identifying objects: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate skills of observation and description of objects interpret objects and work towards writing object life...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...social landlord, to whom the householder pays rent. The aim is that the sum of the mortgage payments and rent is lower than mortgage payments would have been for buying the whole property. Activity 6 A recap of mortgage types Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Thinking about the two main types of mortgage (repayment and interest-only) and the variations described in Box 2,...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Exploring depression
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring depression

...social integration and negative social interaction are factors commonly associated with depression (Bschor et al., 2014). But what does it actually feel like to experience depression? Is depression on the increase? Is this an illness of modern civilisation? Can depression serve as an adaptive response – is there any benefit to depressed mood? Why do some people who...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs