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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

...Introduction - Popular protests can be about all sorts of issues, from opposition to a war, to action on world poverty, to protest against damage to the environment. But perhaps the ultimate form of popular protest is that against exclusion from democratic rights. Campaigns to secure the vote are based on the understanding that ‘the people should be allowed to protest,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...managed by perhaps ten civil servants in the Treasury, that's all you need. Instead we have a large department of climate change that employs many, many civil servants, all of whom are making up silly rules. And I would simply abolish that whole department and replace them with a working group of ten civil servants or so in the Treasury and that's all we need. RH: OK. So...
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What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...introduction to microbial ecology came when I spent a year at the University of Aarhus while I was studying for my first degree, in biology, at the University of York. After I graduated, I moved on to a PhD studying carbon cycling in soil environments, specifically studying microbes that consume methanol. The post-PhD move to AstrobiologyOU at the Open University might...
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Understanding language and learning
Languages

Understanding language and learning

...Introduction - Have you ever thought about the role of language in learning? This free course, Understanding language and learning, is designed to make you reflect on the relationship between language and learning. You will explore these two concepts in ways that may challenge your current understanding of them. One of the assumptions on this course is that language and...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...Introduction - Perhaps more than any other engagement, the first encounter that a young person has with police can form their perception for years to come. Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children 2013-2014, Baroness Massey of Darwen, is clear that: Children’s first encounter with police officers can have a lasting effect on how they view the police and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Rounding and estimation
Science, Maths & Technology

Rounding and estimation

...Introduction - For many calculations you use a calculator. The main aim of this course is to help you to do this in a sensible and fruitful way. Using a calculation to solve a problem involves four main stages: Stage 1: working out what calculation you want to do; Stage 2: working out roughly what size of answer to expect from your calculation; Stage 3: carrying out the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...Introduction - Welcome to this Open University course on histology. This course is designed for students studying human biology at school or university, medical laboratory scientists and anyone interested in biomedical science. Histology is the study of tissues and their structure, and histopathology labs are found in most hospitals. In the course you will see a histology...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...managed. The special room set aside for the purpose, sometimes called a ‘lecture room’, had tiered seats rising above a central seat placed at the front of the room for the reader. The prisoners were called by a series of bells, the first to prepare and the second to file in. The prisoner’s voice was deliberately muted: no one was allowed to speak, certainly not...
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