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Understanding depression and anxiety
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding depression and anxiety

...University course SDK228 The science of the mind: investigating mental health...Understanding depression and anxiety: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe how stressful life events may be linked to emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety describe the main features of the physiological stress response evaluate the role...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...University course TM355 Communications technology...Exploring communications technology: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an understanding of the principles of, and reasons for, carrier-wave modulation, and its application to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation demonstrate an understanding of the roles of error detection and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...universal challenge that must be faced – ignore it at your peril. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 2 study in Engineering...Engineering: The challenge of temperature: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: relate the temperature of a solid to the mean kinetic energy of its atoms use models for thermally induced effects...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...University. Following a series of successful attachments (including work at BBC Sound Archives and at BBC Worldwide) he progressed to a career as a staff Archive Researcher, and then going freelance 15 years ago. Lawrence now works for a variety of clients including Tigress, Humble Bee Films, BBC Earth Productions and BBC Science, and has twice been the winner of the...
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Video 20 mins
Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic

...University's History and Social Sciences courses. Background 2020 and 2021 have been described as years like no other; “unprecedented times” was a phrase often used as a way of capturing the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for railway workers working life carried on as normal in so far as they all booked on for duty, facing the public on a daily basis and carrying...
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Article 10 mins
Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Background Women have frequently faced struggles to enter the workplace in roles considered traditionally male. Women’s workplace roles were often those associated with caregiving, such as nursing or teaching. This is because certain jobs were labelled and allocated according to gender and viewed by society as...
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Article 10 mins
Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...University's BA (Honours) History and Politics qualification. In 2020, there were petitions to remove Clive of India’s statue from outside the Foreign Office in London. Leading historians view Robert Clive as unworthy of celebration since his reputation falls far short of the values demanded of public office and because his administrative failures led to the...
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Article 20 mins
The importance of interpersonal skills
Money & Business

The importance of interpersonal skills

...Analysis Association Figure 3 Reproduced by kind permission of Belbin Associates, www.belbin.com Courtesy of iirraa Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs