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The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Z Files: Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

...study this and look into it? Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock So I think that was sort of my GCSEs, sort of where I’m 14, 15, because until then I hated school. Because of my dyslexia it meant I wasn’t progressing and I wasn’t reading as well as I should for my age. And also I didn’t like reading, because reading was sort of a bit of a struggle. But then I started finding...
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Video 5 mins
Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology
History & The Arts

Afterword to Representing Religions: Race, Rationality, Colonialism and Anthropology

...Study in Public Anthropology’, Anthropology Today, 36(5): pp. 1-2. Harvey, G. (2020) ‘Trans-Indigenous Festivals: Democracy and Emplacement’ in Pike, S.M., Salomonsen, J. and Tremlett, P.-F. (eds) Ritual and Democracy: Protests, Publics and Performances, Sheffield: Equinox. Nye, M. (2020) ‘A Discussion of the ‘Religion and Worldviews in Religious Education’...
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The science of making musical instruments
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of making musical instruments

...study that with The Open University What is the science of music? Music is generally thought to be an art rather than a science but what is the science behind the production of music? And can three 'tone-deaf' scientists use these principles to make musical instruments and maybe even play a tune? Let's face it, if we can master this challenge anyone can. [musical...
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Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the nature of liquidity risk understand methods that can be used to measure exposure to liquidity review how organisations manage their exposure to liquidity risk appreciate how liquidity risk can be managed through the effective structuring of assets (particularly liquid assets) and liabilities (particularly debt...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Assessing risk in engineering, work and life
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing risk in engineering, work and life

...studies of major accidents to illustrate some important aspects of risk and how we perceive it. Section 3 introduces probability as a method for evaluating risk, and finishes by considering risk management. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course T193 Engineering: frameworks, analysis, production...Assessing risk in engineering, work...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Robert Owen and New Lanark
History & The Arts

Robert Owen and New Lanark

...study in Arts and Humanities...Robert Owen and New Lanark: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the Enlightenment ideas that underpinned Robert Owen's social reform agenda understand how Owen's background and experience at New Lanark fed through into his thinking in the essays in A New View of Society understand the main...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...studies you’ll analyse various types of attack, look at what lessons can be learnt from major incidents and consider what security measures you should apply to protect yourself. To help you to follow the case studies, the same framework has been adopted to analyse and explain each attack. Each case study will answer the questions: What was the attack? How did it work?...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...studies, videos, activities and group discussions. Supporting this learning, students are encouraged to become critical thinkers about both how they undertake their own decisions, as well as how marketing influences our society...This free course, Marketing in the 21st century, offers a managerial perspective on how to deliver more effective marketing in an organisation,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs