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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
Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...research has been done, starting in the 1950s, to reach these conclusions. Let us consider how this work might have progressed, to gain an insight into the way that scientific investigations can be carried out. Imagine that you are a newly graduated biologist, with a particular interest in mammals, and you have been given funding to start to investigate the reasons for...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...research flights around the world. These do not participate in routine weather reports, but can instead be targeted on individual phenomena, such as clouds of a particular type or large storm systems, and used to make detailed observations. Activity 3 Meteorological instruments (part 3) Now study the images in the 'Balloons, aircraft and radar' sub-section of the image...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...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
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
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
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
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