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Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...become more familiar with the PEST analysis technique, you will probably develop a more sophisticated range of questions more relevant to your sector. However, the following questions will serve to get you started and you may be able to think of others as you proceed. Political What governmental policies and actions are likely to affect my organisation or sector? What...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Language and creativity
Languages

Language and creativity

...students, they generally appreciated the interesting new form, but were unconvinced by the content, and actually came to the consensus that it didn’t qualify as poetry. So can we agree that it’s inappropriate and therefore not creative, or should we try to see whether it’s appropriate in a different way or in a different context? Attempting to apply the Kaufman and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...OU academic Giles Mohan. GILES MOHAN This course is all about how Africa can get the most out of the natural resources that it produces. In this case, we're really looking at oil and what linkages you can develop from that oil that can benefit Africa's growth. So when people think about China coming to Africa, there's a lot of debate about whether it's a good thing or a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...becoming smarter and may soon become intelligent. This free course, Machines, minds and computers, looks at what intelligence is, how computers may become so, and whether they ever will really be intelligent. It is aimed at people interested in understanding what intelligence and thinking really are, and who want to understand the underpinnings of our ideas about...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...student heard the teacher. The teacher heard the student. The change that occurs at the end of words in Arabic is called إِعْرَاب - Iʿrāb (declensions). Each of these vowels is a sign of a case: kasra: is a sign for the genitive case which concerns nouns only. ḍamma: is a sign for the nominative case which concern both nouns and verbs. Fatḥa: is a sign for...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Getting started with Italian 1
Languages

Getting started with Italian 1

...OU is the leader in online learning and teaching with a heritage of more than 50 years helping student achieve their learning ambitions. The short courses are underpinned by academic rigour and designed by native speakers experienced in producing engaging materials for online learning of languages and cultures. The graduating nature of the courses means that learners can...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The science of alcohol Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of alcohol

...become beer. Now, the final stage of the malting process after we've sold the grains and allowed them to germinate is kilning. And that basically dries the grains out, which means that we can store them for long periods of time and use them whenever we want. But by kilning using different temperatures and for different amounts of time, we can end up with different types...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...become a full and active members of their society. NARRATOR Social scientists, since the days of Booth and Rowntree, have played an important role in measuring and documenting poverty. And over time, this has shifted people's understandings of poverty. The aim has been to inform and shape public debate and policy making so that the lives of the poorest members of society...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs