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Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the key aspects of William Wilberforce’s political career and writings, and have an appreciation of their historical and religious significance demonstrate an awareness of the relationship of Evangelicalism to cultural transitions between the Enlightenment and Romanticism understand the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the core concepts, principles and language relating to the science and social issues appropriate to the development of alternatives to oil products demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the impact of the use of oil on the future of our planet express...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Software and the law
Science, Maths & Technology

Software and the law

...learn about copyright and patents, and international agreements aimed at harmonising laws in this area. We will look at how the laws aimed at protecting public goods can also be exploited to protect the public good. Software is acquired or developed for a specific purpose, with the relationship between purchaser and supplier governed by some sort of contract. What should...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: write whole numbers and decimals in place-value columns and compare their sizes multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by 10, 100, 1000 and so on indicate given fractions on a diagram and find equivalent fractions for a given fraction mark numbers on a number line choose appropriate units for a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the principles of, and reasons for, carrier-wave modulation, and its application to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation demonstrate an understanding of the roles of error detection and error correction, and be able to perform calculations involving check digits and coding...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. Don’t miss out If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses....
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The law-making process in England and Wales
Society, Politics & Law

The law-making process in England and Wales

...learn about devolution and the developments that have taken place in Wales. It outlines the devolvement (transfer) of powers from the Westminster Parliament to the Welsh Assembly (The Senedd). As this course concentrates on England and Wales, the primary focus when dealing with devolution is on Wales. The course develops your research and critical thinking skills by...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Vanessa Berlowitz - Earth in Vision

...learn about behaviour. There are lots of obstacles to doing this. I mean just practically our archives are in a state of pretty bad disrepair, they’ve not been logged, they’re not kept up to date, they’re very difficult to search, we’ve got multiple formats so we’ve got film which hasn’t all been transferred correctly and we’ve got multiple digital formats....
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Video 30 mins