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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...studies, but can also be observed, in the Nana Akua online videos for example or Kemi Badenoch’s denial of White privilege and slamming of critical race theory. Microaggressions are a legacy of both systemic and internalised oppression and are perpetrated both consciously and unconsciously. Making ourselves aware of when and how they can occur is a duty that we all...
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The mother of the American Athens
History & The Arts

The mother of the American Athens

...skilled, learned, earnest parish-priest; Till from the strife that tossed the Church of God He in a new world sought a new abode, To a new England, a new Boston came, (That took, to honor him, that reverend name) Fed the first flock of Christ that gathered there— Till death deprived it of its shepherd's care— There well resolved all doubts of mind perplext, Whether...
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Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...study material in this course. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B294 Financial analysis and decision making...Organisations and the financial system: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe and contextualise the nature of organisations’ financing identify the main types of financing and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts
Languages

Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts

...skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. You will examine the world of Spanish and Latin-American art and explore the difference between art and craft...This free course, Advanced Spanish: Arts and crafts, is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of Spanish-speaking societies and cultures and extend the practical skills of listening, speaking,...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...studying this course, you should be able to: situate a key example of Mexican muralism within the post-revolutionary context in which it was made explore recent debates around the interpretation of Mexican muralism examine the concepts of ‘realism’ and ‘modernism’ in relation to Mexican muralism address the relevance of social and cultural contexts for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Financial methods in environmental decisions
Nature & Environment

Financial methods in environmental decisions

...studying this course you should be able to: understand techniques for the financial appraisal of projects understand private and external costs of environmental impacts and their mitigation understand methods for assessing the economics of environmental impacts understand discounted cash flow (DCF) work with numerical data...Financial methods in environmental decisions: 1...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
An introduction to electronics
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to electronics

...studying this course, you should be able to: recognise a variety of exciting high-tech products and systems enabled by electronics manipulate voltages, currents and resistances in electronic circuits demonstrate familiarity with basic electronic components and use them to design simple electronic circuits see how signals can be represented in the time and frequency...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment
Nature & Environment

Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment

...studying this course, you should be able to: list the major sources of water pollutants; describe the effects on water due to organic materials, plant nutrients and toxic, physical and biological pollutants; list the main diseases caused by microorganisms that can be carried by water...Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment: 1 The hydrological cycle - The...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs