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Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...work, and how company law has developed, it is useful to start off by looking at the different ways in which a business can be run,and how forms of business organisations other than companies work. This will give us a background against which to place the study of company law and is why we will be concentrating on how sole traders and partnerships run their businesses....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Language in the real world
Languages

Language in the real world

...works (i.e. ‘linguistics’) is helpful – some might say essential – for different aspects of our everyday lives. It provides an introduction to ideas around what language is and to the field of Applied Linguistics, which is dedicated to exploring and addressing situations where language plays a crucial role...This free course, Language in the real world, explains...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Sustainable chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainable chemistry

...work and economic growth (depicted by a bar chart with an arrow trending upwards) 3 – Good health and wellbeing (depicted by a pulse line and heart) 14 – Life below water (depicted by a fish swimming in water) 6 – Clean water and sanitation (depicted by water in a glass) 13 – Climate action (depicted by an eye with the iris and pupil coloured like the surface of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
History & The Arts

History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe

...working through this particular case study, students are learning not only about the reception of Robinson Crusoe, but are learning how to make a similar study of the reception of any literary text or author that they may be interested in. Find out more about studying with The Open University by visiting our online prospectus60...History of reading tutorial 2: The reading...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period
History & The Arts

Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period

...work. I also took note of the fashions that many of these women were wearing, a contrast to images of women in the prewar period. Next, you will go to the station Onkel Toms Hütte. On arrival there, you will be joined by your tour guide, Matt Frei...Roaring Twenties? Europe in the interwar period: Station 2: Onkel Toms Hütte - Watch the following film. NARRATOR By the...
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Level 3: Advanced 14 hrs
Understanding different research perspectives
Money & Business

Understanding different research perspectives

...work-based project – namely, identifying a research problem and developing the research question(s) you want to investigate. By the end of this course you should have developed a clear idea of what you want to investigate; in which context you want to do this (e.g. in your organisation, in another organisation, with workers from different organisations); and what are...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...work alongside health professionals to ensure people who reside in rural areas can access services. In the health sector, innovation is exemplified by prosthetics designed to replace amputated or missing limbs. The Paralympic Games is not just a major sporting event, it’s also a showcase for sophisticated innovation in this area. Since 1976, athletes at the Games have...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Starting with psychology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Starting with psychology

...work was to gain him a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1981. Sperry et al, devised a number of split brain experiments using people who had had split brain surgery as participants and comparing their responses to people who had not had this surgery. In one experiment the split brain participant was blindfolded and given objects to explore with their left hand. Information...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs