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Understanding devolution in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding devolution in Wales

...interactive elements, this course brings the debates dominating Welsh politics to life...This free course charts the transformation of the Welsh devolution settlement in the 20 years following the referendum on devolution in 1997. You will consider how an Assembly with minimal public support and limited law-making powers became a Parliament with the power to set taxes....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...social freedom: the freedom of the individual in relation to other people and to the state. The aim is to explain and unravel some arguments for this kind of freedom. In the process we'll be examining some of the classic philosophical defences of particular types of freedom. The stress will always be on the arguments used rather than on the detailed historical context in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Camille Parmesan - Stories of Change

...interactions in natural systems. The emergence of anthropogenic global warming as a major threat steered her research to focus on biological impacts of climate change in natural systems. Her research spans from field-based work on butterflies to synthetic analyses of global impacts on a broad range of species across terrestrial and marine biomes. She works actively with...
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Audio 5 mins
Working on your own mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Working on your own mathematics

...interactions among teachers, learners and mathematics in a classroom setting. This section focuses on your own and others’ accounts of their experiences of learning mathematics. It begins to show how such personal experiences can be explored and can inform the shared communal culture of published writing. Everybody can remember incidents from their own learning of...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 2
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 2

...interactive activities to practise the skills you need to talk about everyday activities you do, including how to tell the time. You will also learn the present tense form of some common verbs and how to pronounce the ‘r’ sound. This OpenLearn course is an extract from the beginning of the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures short course LGXS002: Beginners Spanish...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Getting started with Italian 3
Languages

Getting started with Italian 3

...interactive activities which will allow you to practise your listening and speaking skills, and there are quizzes so that you can test your learning...In this free course, Getting started with Italian 3, you will learn and practise how to make enquiries about travel times using the 12-hour and 24-hour clock. You'll also have the opportunity to learn about the Tuscan...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Training for endurance in sport and fitness
Health, Sports & Psychology

Training for endurance in sport and fitness

...interactive. Click on the icon or on ‘View interactive version’. The lactate (anaerobic) threshold and VO2 max determine the intensity and/or speed that can be maintained throughout an endurance event (performance VO2) (Joyner and Coyle, 2008). In comparison with recreationally active individuals, elite endurance athletes not only have much higher VO2 max values, but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)
Money & Business

Project governance and Project Management Office (PMO)

...interacting with the project manager. For example, an advanced PMO may collate the information and prepare documentation for the project board when assessing the continued financial viability of the project compared with the business case at gate reviews or stage reviews. Reporting Reporting is a key service provided by the PMO, however, the degree of reporting will...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs