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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...et al., 1977). Furthermore, the crime may take place in poor lighting and at some distance away. Research demonstrates that beyond a certain distance, and depending on the light, identification may be problematic. Researchers tested participants’ ability to recognise a target’s face at seven distances and nine illumination levels. Immediately after seeing the target...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...article, including the material costs, labour costs, directors' salaries, land rent, bank charges and everything else which involves the company paying money out. Alternatively it might exceed the manufacturing cost, in which case the company makes a profit, or it might be less than the cost, and the company must subsidise the product manufacture from some other activity....
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...article written at an unspecified time well into the future). Clearly though (whatever else he may have had in mind), Orwell intended Nineteen Eighty-Four as a satirical warning against a descent into totalitarianism...George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four: 5 The language of Nineteen Eighty-Four - It is a measure of the power and influence of the novel that several words...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...article/ 9166995/ huge-demand-for-egyptian-onions-price-nearly-doubled-in-45-days/ (accessed: 12 March 2020); Nikkei Asia Review https://asia.nikkei.com/ Business/ Energy/ LNG-prices-in-Asia-plunge-43-as-new-US-supply-hits-market (accessed: 12 March 2020); ITV News https://www.itv.com/ news/ 2019-09-10/ uk-employment-rate-hits-record-high-as-wages-surge-higher/ (accessed:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing
Health, Sports & Psychology

So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

...article at 3am on a quiet night shift. STUDENT 2 Studying with the Open University means that you can study from home, and you can fit the study around your life and work. Audio 1...So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing: Conclusion - In this course you have explored nursing in the UK, the four fields of nursing, how nurses train, what they study and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...article, ‘What is a speech act?’. Searle summarises Grice's theory and then offers what he claims is a counterexample, the example of a captured American soldier in wartime Italy. Why is Searle's example a potential problem for Grice? Click to view the reading by J.R Searle: ‘What is a speech act?’ Discussion In the example, the American soldier's utterance of the...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
A Europe of the Regions?
Society, Politics & Law

A Europe of the Regions?

...article of faith which in at least some cases is connected with a neo-liberal downplaying of nation states or concedes too much ground to this dominant ideology. It has interesting echoes in ‘Europe of the Regions’ ideology, as we shall see (Section 5). Nevertheless, whatever the empirical and theoretical arguments against the ‘new regionalism’, regional...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Early years team work and leadership
Education & Development

Early years team work and leadership

...articles and I’m hoping that, you know, I will progress. Catherine Warner My name’s Catherine Warner and I work at Pathways. I started out many years ago as a childminder when I lived in Canada, and when I came in, over to England, nine years ago, I started volunteering in a playgroup, and it got me more interested in children and decided to do my NVQ 3. And since...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs