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The economics of flood insurance
Society, Politics & Law

The economics of flood insurance

...study in Economics....The economics of flood insurance: Introduction - This short course is a taster of the Open University Level 2 module, Economics in Practice. It will introduce you to some of the practical ways that the theories, tools and techniques of economics are used and impact on our everyday lives. You will look at the issue of flooding, a problem with a long...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Introducing the philosophy of religion
History & The Arts

Introducing the philosophy of religion

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the meaning of the words ‘God’ and ‘religion’ understand what the main questions are in philosophy of religion have a better sense of the differences between philosophical questions or arguments and other kinds of questions or arguments think about the relation between belief and evidence, faith and proof...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...study of tides and tidal flows is necessary in the design of harbours, canals, protective barrier schemes, drainage pipe lines, offshore structures, etc...This course introduces the properties of the atmosphere and how wind movements arise. It explores pressures and the Earth’s motion, the development of weather system, and the Earth’s oceans and seas. Understanding...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema
Languages

Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema

...Studies 2: language and culture of the French-speaking world...Upper intermediate French: discovering French cinema: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: make comparisons in French recognise the construction of verbs followed by a preposition and an infinitive appreciate the distinctive nature of French cinema recognise the vocabulary of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Bill Hare - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Bill Hare - Stories of Change

...studies and I was working at the Australian Conservation Foundation in Melbourne and we were already beginning to deal with the early stages of climate policy and energy problems in the national energy planning context for that country. RH: OK, and so then you moved on to work further with that? BH: Well, the springboard for me personally was an interest in the...
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Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Tim Scoones - Earth in Vision

...studies to fill in the gaps and really prove the case that indeed our seasons were changing and they were changing by quantifiable amounts. And I think the big moment for the legacy of Springwatch, the first big one where we really realised that something new was happening, was when that dataset that was created by kids and grannies and anoraks and people I will never...
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Video 40 mins
Advanced Spanish: Language in context
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Language in context

...skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course focuses on the many ways in which living languages - notably Spanish - adapt to the contexts in which they are used...This free course, Advanced Spanish: Language in context, will develop your knowledge and understanding of the societies and cultures of Spain and Latin America and extend the practical skills...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...study in Environment & Development...Water for life: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: read data presented in tables use scientific notation to express both large and small quantities appreciate why chemists use different models to represent molecules identify the number and type(s) of atom present in a molecule from its chemical...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs