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Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...course, Collaborative problem solving for community safety, offers a range of techniques for community police officers, other community-based public service professionals and members of community groups working to solve problems collaboratively and creatively. It examines some of the ways which OU specialists in creative problem solving recommend to tackle difficult...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Applying social work law with children and families
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law with children and families

...course will introduce you to the law as it applies to social work with children and families in the United Kingdom. You will learn about varying definitions of childhood and family and then explore underpinning principles of the law relating to child rights and parental responsibilities. You will look at the key legislation relating to children and families across the UK,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Beginners’ French: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ French: food and drink

...course, Beginners' French: food and drink, you will also gain an insight into French societies and cultures through focusing on food and drink. You will listen to French speakers in a variety of situations, and you will be provided with some skills for coping with reading texts...Improve your language skills by learning to communicate more easily and effectively in...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...course, Understanding society: families, you will explore how different families have different ideas about how work in the home should be divided. You will also investigate the diversity of families. We will see how any discussion of the division of labour has to recognise that families differ in terms of shape and size...In this free course, Understanding society:...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...course is aimed at intermediate learners of Spanish with an interest in language and culture. The six-hour course is designed to develop your understanding of spoken Spanish through six video portraits of people living in Spain. It introduces you to naturally spoken language, and gives clear advice on how to use authentic video resources as a useful and enjoyable learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Exploring critical social work practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring critical social work practice

...course, Exploring critical social work practice will support you to question assumptions and navigate complexity as a critical social worker. Through practice scenarios and reflective activities, you will be supported to think critically, balance professional judgment and respond ethically to uncertainty – skills that are essential across all areas of social work...This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...course introduces you to the basics of describing language. Using examples from English, you’ll learn how words are built, how they fit together to make sentences, and what labels like noun, verb and adjective mean. You’ll see how language patterns in regular ways and how the meaning of a sentence is more than the sum of its parts. This course is suitable for anyone...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Race, ethnicity and crime
Society, Politics & Law

Race, ethnicity and crime

...course, Race, ethnicity and crime, briefly examines the relationships between race and ethnicity, and crime, criminalisation and criminal justice. It considers the relationship between crime and cultural difference; the notion of 'criminalisation' and how its processes affect individuals and their opportunities; and the lived consequences of racialisation. Specifically,...
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Level 3: Advanced 1 hr