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Getting started with Chinese 2
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 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 8 hrs
Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser
Society, Politics & Law

Introduction to UK immigration law and becoming an immigration adviser

...research interests include public engagement with law, and marginalised communities and their access to justice. Edwin Parks Edwin is a Senior Lecturer in Law at The Open University and has written a wide range of courses, including materials for OpenLearn, the LLB and Executive Education. He is an international practitioner and experienced OU tutor. Liz Moody [Described...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl

...Research ), cyf. 322, rhif. 7289, tt. 763–7...Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl: Acknowledgements - Cydnabyddiaeth Mae'r deunydd a gydnabyddir isod yn ddeunydd Perchnogol sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio o dan drwydded (sydd ddim yn berthnasol i drwyddedu Creative Commons). Gweld y Telerau ac Amodau. Delwedd y cwrs: Natalie Lucier ar Flickr ar gael dan Drwydded Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...research that shows that video surveillance actually helps prevent to reduce levels of crime, there's some small studies but nothing definitive, and there is no statutory regulation whatsoever, so although it's been introduced apparently as nominally for crime control, there's no legal prohibition on other uses being made of video surveillance, such as the monitoring of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...research in the museum and elsewhere could doubtless reveal more information...Looking at, describing and identifying objects: 5 Life cycle: consumption - The early life of the nineteenth-century netsuke is not recorded but information held by the museum helps reconstruct the ‘consumption’ stage of the netsuke’s biography. The ‘Acquisition notes’ say it was...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Managing virtual project teams
Money & Business

Managing virtual project teams

...research into the difficulties presented by distance working can be summed up by the word ‘understanding’. A key role of the project manager is to promote understanding amongst team members, and in a virtual team this becomes harder to achieve. A level of mutual understanding is necessary to allow effective collaboration to take place and the project to progress....
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

...Research carried out by Reeds Recruitment agency for the charity Timebank found that: 73 per cent of employers would employ a candidate with volunteering experience over one without; 94 per cent of employers believe that volunteering can add to skills; 58 per cent of employers say that voluntary work experience can actually be more valuable than experience gained in paid...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...research into partnership working. We present a modified form of their listing in Box 7.1 below. Box 1: The skills and attributes of boundary spanners Critical appreciation of the wider environment. Understanding different organisational contexts. Networking – including knowing who the ‘right’ people are, being able to access them and having ‘political’ skills....
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs