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Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...become one of those words that it's hard to know what it means anymore. But for me, it's been like a spiritual path or discipline because when I'm on the front line, by which I mean any protest site where there are people trying to do something else, or trying to move me, I have to get into an awareness where I am not treating the person who's coming against me with...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Introducing technology and innovation management
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing technology and innovation management

...students of technological innovation. You will learn about innovation types and processes, how innovation can add or create value, and about the management activities that underpin the innovation and value creation process. You do not need to have worked in a technology and innovation field, or have any prior knowledge to be able to complete this course. This OpenLearn...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...students’ confidence and skills in critically evaluating products around them – particularly consumer products. This course aims to inform ‘consumers’ of design (i.e. all of us) about one important characteristic of design. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Design...People-centred designing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...become second nature...Week 1: How to say hello and goodbye: 8 This week's quiz - Check what you’ve learned this week by taking the end-of-week quiz. Week 1 quiz Open the quiz in a new window or tab (by holding ctrl [or cmd on a Mac] when you click the link), then return here when you have done it...Week 1: How to say hello and goodbye: 9 Summary of Week 1 - Now you...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

The athlete’s journey: transitions through sport

...become more positive. Finally, there are those who don't have resources and are either unable to implement any coping interventions or try an intervention and it doesn't work. These are the athletes who can find themselves having a very poor transitional experience. The main learning to take from this model is that it is important for athletes to build up their resources...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...become the most prosperous Italian city and the European capital of the Arts. Florence became wealthy through its commercial enterprises, based on silks, textiles, metalworking and banking. Politically, power was held by those responsible for the city’s wealth; the merchants, manufacturers and bankers. Florence also became renowned for its tradition of liberty and...
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Article 30 mins
Understanding PCSO powers
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding PCSO powers

...become embedded in modern-day policing and is, for many communities, the only contact they have with someone they can pass information on to and raise issues of concern with. This course will introduce you to some of the powers that PCSOs in England and Wales rely on every day while carrying out their duties. You will look at how the role of a PCSO complements response...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...become harder to pin down than you first thought. For example, what about people who run businesses on their own (‘sole traders’), or in partnership with other people? Can these ways of running a business be ‘companies’? Does it make a difference to a business's status as a company whether it deals in goods or whether it supplies services? Does it make a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs