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A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather
History & The Arts

A hard day at the Met Office: The BBC look for a change in the weather

...work. At a time when government is reducing spending, it is natural that the Met Office should seek to maximise income and the BBC should seek to cut costs, leading to the current schism. Should anyone care? The clichéd conversational opener about the state of the weather is invariably followed by the comment that it wasn’t predicted correctly. Yet anecdotal evidence...
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Article 5 mins
Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University
Digital & Computing

Unmasking inequalities: what COVID-19 revealed about the degree awarding gap at The Open University

...work responsibilities and mental health challenges as key hurdles disproportionately affecting ethnic minority learners. These factors often intersected. A student juggling NHS shifts, caring responsibilities and unreliable broadband was more likely to disengage, defer or underperform – not due to lack of motivation, but due to overwhelming structural pressures. [Blue...
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Article 5 mins
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...work of an escalating number of people and resources over many years. A major component of this cost has been the attrition rate of medicines that reach the development stage but then fail as the result of adverse toxicity or only limited effectiveness against the target disease. In recent years much greater attention has been paid to addressing the problems of attrition...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...worked examples throughout this course. It is important that you familiarise yourself with these financial statements so that you understand the workings in conducting various types of financial analysis. Example: The case of Remote Sensors Plc Remote Sensors Plc is a small single entity company that manufactures electrical equipment for commercial and household use. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...work of the True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance (PUFin) and its mission to improve personal financial capability, check out the centre's website. The centre, generously funded by True Potential LLP, has a mission to develop teaching and undertake research to help improve public financial capability. This course is intended for those with an...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...working to understand coachee’s emotional reactions and difficulties, rather than ignoring or trying to change or control them (i.e., displaying emotional intelligence.) Collaboration and facilitation – coaching is a reflective and collaborative process, with continuous discussion and negotiation between coach and coachee, facilitating positive changes in behaviour to...
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Article 10 mins
Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...Social Development. Levy, B. (2014) Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategies, Oxford, Oxford University Press. Mähler, A. (2010) ‘Nigeria: a prime example of the resource curse? Revisiting the oil-violence link in the Niger Delta’ (Working Paper No. 120), German Institute of Global and Area Studies [Online]. Available at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...works, and discover how the limitations of the human brain can lead to major miscarriages of justice. Despite advances in forensic science, eyewitness testimony remains a critical component of criminal investigations. Psychological research has revealed the dangers of relying on evidence gained from an eyewitness and also how careful the police need to be when questioning...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs