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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...university or higher learning institution will do its best to help you to develop your skills, and will focus on the development of good academic practice rather than penalising poor practice. However, once you become an experienced student you will be expected to follow the rules and plagiarism will be punished when it’s detected. However, these cases are rare and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
What do historians do?
History & The Arts

What do historians do?

...University graduate, former soldier, codebreaker at Bletchley Park and the third Chancellor of The Open University (1978–1994). Asa probably fits many people’s ideas of how a friendly historian might look. These days historians are more diverse: for example, they are not all male, white and tweed-jacketed! Still, they have a lot in common with Asa and work in much the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course survey. Once you complete the course we would also value your feedback and suggestions for future improvement, in our optional end-of-course survey. Participation will be completely confidential and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Working on your own mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Working on your own mathematics

...University. Course image: fdecomite in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses This...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Encouraging book talk in the school library
Education & Development

Encouraging book talk in the school library

...University by visiting our online prospectus...Encouraging book talk in the school library: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: clarify ideas on literacy criticism explore with pupils what makes a good book produce a range of writing frames to encourage pupils to write book reviews encourage pupils to follow some of the award schemes for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What can philosophy tell us about race?
History & The Arts

What can philosophy tell us about race?

...University course DA223 Investigating philosophy....What can philosophy tell us about race?: Introduction - This free course introduces you to the philosophy of race and explores the ways in which philosophy impacts our understanding of the social world. You will explore answers to two central questions: What is race? What is racism? Along the way, you will consider what...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...University course S295 The biology of survival. Figure 1 Migration word cloud...Migration: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe some of the migratory journeys made by birds and other animals explain the process of adaptation by natural selection and how this results in evolution describe what is meant by homeostasis, with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...University’s Centre for Policing Research and Learning, many of whom are also involved – through research and course development – in expanding the field with new knowledge about public leaders and their work. We would like to express our sincere gratitude for their commitment and enthusiastic participation in the making of this course. While the principal aim of...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs