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Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...skills (in 2024). These regulators register people with the qualifications and experience to work in their profession. Fitness to Practise is a process where people can refer concerns to regulators about people on their register. Regulators aim to maintain public confidence in the profession and contribute to patient safety by ensuring professional standards are upheld...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Philosophy: the nature of persons
History & The Arts

Philosophy: the nature of persons

...study in Arts and Humanities...Philosophy: The nature of persons: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss what it means to be a person read and understand arguments discussing this question...Philosophy: The nature of persons: 1 Introducing the concept of the 'person' and 'persons' - This course explores what it is to be a person....
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the Arabic writing system pronounce and write the Arabic alphabet understand the influence of Arabic on other languages...Week 1: Introduction to the Arabic alphabet: 1 Arabic alphabet - The first step to learning any language is to learn the alphabet. The Arabic alphabet consists of twenty-eight letters, which you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...study. This course recounts the history of our changing perceptions of the icy satellites, examines the available evidence for their internal structures, and considers the niches offered for life to begin and to be sustained. In this context, the 'habitable zone' embraces settings devoid of both sunlight and an atmosphere. These are areas where life could survive on the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs
On-screen graphic design: The early years of television
Science, Maths & Technology

On-screen graphic design: The early years of television

...skills to produce lettering, present stills and produce simple animated sequences, immediately upsetting the five signwriters already employed by the BBC who provided the bulk of televisions graphic needs. Over the next few years, this very much considered experimental section, was built up to a staff of about 8-9 full-timers including those who specialised in...
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Article 15 mins
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...skilled than ever before. While there has been significant development in innovations to improve health and wellbeing, there is a long history of human endeavour to innovate to improve lives. This is the focus of the next section which explores the evolution of innovation in health and social care in relation to prosthetics to improve the lives of amputees. This OpenLearn...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators
Nature & Environment

The Hunt: a natural history series that challenges us to side with the predators

...study of naturally hunting cheetahs recorded a male, named Ferrari, at a top speed of 93 km/hr (58 mph). But in spite of their ability to run incredibly fast, cheetahs rarely hunt at top speed; to be successful, they have to balance pace with the agility needed to catch animals like gazelles that use quick turns as an escape tactic. When going flat out, cheetahs can’t...
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Article 10 mins
US Election 2016: A last week reading list
Society, Politics & Law

US Election 2016: A last week reading list

...studies done so far, it is simply too soon to say whether streaming online TV displaces or enhances civic and political engagement. This point is especially important in this election season, when the presidential debates were the most-watched political live streams ever and users are streaming more than ever before. Moreover, streaming television itself is also becoming...
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Article 5 mins