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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...world situations. Finally, they use reports to describe or analyse a situation and provide recommendations. The next section looks more closely at assignment types, their purpose and structure...Week 3: Writing university assignments: 2.1 Types of assignment - There is a wide range of assignment types that students may be asked to produce during their university studies....
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...world’ as opposed to carefully controlled laboratory conditions. Fitzpatrick chronicles the barrage of experts stepping forward to criticise Wakefield's study and issue reassurances about the safety of MMR. In spite of this, the effects were dramatic. The Health Protection Agency monitors vaccination uptake in the UK: from a peak of 92% uptake in 1995–96, this figure...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...world, helping businesses to turn future sales into ready cash. For this reason, one of the traditional ways in which finance can be raised is by establishing financial relationships with the banking system. Bank loans A bank loan is money advanced and borrowed for a given period with an agreed schedule for repayment. The lender (the bank) and the borrower (either an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
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Money & Business

Risk management

...World-Com and Enron. Worse than this, in many instances the failings have resulted in deaths and injuries – as with the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster in the North Sea in 1988 or the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill in 2010.Successful organisations embed a culture of risk management in all areas of their activities. To achieve this requires effective and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...world have followed suit. President Obama has just laid out an ambitious Clean Power Plan endorsed by over 350 companies Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has pledged to support it if elected. All these events signal the extent to which this is an issue of great importance today and one that matters to a great many Americans, most notably young voters. But the...
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Article 5 mins
Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list
Society, Politics & Law

Chelsea Manning: An OpenLearn reading list

...world and caused enormous diplomatic embarrassment for the United States government. Manning was eventually identified after confessing in an online chat to Adrian Lamo, who informed the Army. Manning was charged with 22 offences, including that of aiding the enemy, and pleaded guilty to 10 charges. She was found guilty in 2013 and sentenced to 35 years in military...
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Article 5 mins
The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Elizabeth Fry

...That is not to dismiss her legacy, which is both multifaceted and lasting, not to mention worth remembering. While elements of Fry’s work could be highly detrimental to those she intended to help, she did promote a new and enduring ideal of compassionate and sympathetic social relations across the Western world in the modern age. More on history, reading and prisons...
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Article 15 mins
Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...world of members’ pride, presence, identity, and reminded members and potential members of the importance of organized mutuality. Those looking upon the paraded banners could see the possibility of being part of a divinely approved, well-established, financially secure network which provided social support, employment opportunities, pensions, and the prospect of...
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