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Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...world earthquakes are most likely to occur Describe the potential consequences of an earthquake Differentiate between earthquake intensity and earthquake magnitude Appreciate the enormous energies released by earthquakes...Earthquakes: 1.1 What happens during an earthquake? - The Earth is an active planet, with activity occurring in the oceans, in the atmosphere and in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...world – that world where her particular aesthetic projects are conceived and her unique aesthetic judgements are made. (Ross and Mitchell, 1993, p. 100) In other words, an important part of assessment is to ascertain what it is that the pupil is trying to achieve and express; ‘teachers and young people should sit down together in regular shared acts of assessment...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...world demand for oil is still increasing and tankers are already carrying more than the 119,000 tons in the 'Torrey Canyon’. International codes and legislation may reduce the amount of oil deliberately discharged, but massive accidental pollutions will occasionally occur and cause heavy damage. Thus pollution will be with us for some long time yet. Many people have...
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Article 10 mins
Support for you and your mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Support for you and your mental health

...World Health Organisation to talk about overcoming the "black dog of depression". Actor David Harewood spoke in the recent Open University and BBC collaborative documentary, Psychosis and Me, about his experience of diagnosis and treatment for Psychosis. Trisha Goddard, Jim Brown and Stephen Fry examine feelings of fear and sadness affecting their everyday lives and...
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Article 10 mins
School business manager: Developing the role
Education & Development

School business manager: Developing the role

...world keeps changing. It is one of the paradoxes of success that the things and the ways which got you where you are, are seldom the things to keep you there. If you think that they are, and that you know the way to the future because it is a continuation of where you've come from, you may well end up in Davy's Bar, with nothing left but a chance to drown your sorrows and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Simple coding
Digital & Computing

Simple coding

...world go round. Cars and TVs have software that controls how they work, and global commerce and finance are impossible without software that control the stocks, carry out payments, find the best transport route, etc. Coding (or programming) is the construction of software. Coding involves writing a ‘recipe’, which in computing is called an algorithm, in a so called...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...world of dyslexia. Some key terms and ideas will be introduced, including: how society’s views on disabilities have changed over time two different ways of thinking about disability and the idea of ‘intersectionality’ in-depth exploration of the world of dyslexia definitions. You’ll start your journey by looking at the disability rights movement that took place in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Science, Maths & Technology

Returning to STEM

...world of work in science, technology, engineering, and maths. The Open University has produced this course because we know there are many people, women and men, who are already qualified or experienced in STEM, but not working in these sectors. I left school at 16 with five O levels. At 25, I was a single parent with three kids, wondering how on Earth I was going to earn...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs