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Wilberforce
History & The Arts

Wilberforce

...out, the so-called ‘Industrial Revolution’ was gathering momentum, with associated rapid population growth, over-crowded and squalid living conditions, and reorganisation of traditional patterns of work and daily life. Supplies of food were sometimes erratic, giving rise to riots in 1795–6 and again in 1800–1. The outbreak of war led to substantial depression and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...out the implications of population ageing...This free course, Population ageing: a global health crisis?, focuses on two major issues of our time – ageing societies and global health. It provides you with an introduction to ageing societies and their implications for global health – implications which are only just beginning to be fully understood. The course will...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...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...Week 1: Say hello: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 In this week, you will learn how to say hello and goodbye in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...out to the provinces rather than vice versa. It was important for the emperor to appear to be a competent ruler of the empire. It was one method used by his peers and successors to evaluate an emperor's reign. But it is often difficult to see beyond the projected image to the reality. To those in Rome it was only if something went drastically wrong or if there was an...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...out for me notably Love Canal, Bhopal and the Rainbow Warrior, that all occurred around 1978 to 1984. I mean the first involved the dumping of toxic waste. In 1978 – 80 in LoveCanal near Niagara Falls in the United States, it emerged that a chemical company named Hooker Chemicals had disposed of thousands of drums of toxic chemicals into a shallow canal and covered it...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Understanding operations management
Money & Business

Understanding operations management

...out this short survey...Understanding operations management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define ‘operations’ and ‘operations management’ identify the roles and responsibilities of operations managers in different organisational contexts apply the ‘transformation model’ to identify the inputs, transformation processes...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Liquidity management
Money & Business

Liquidity management

...out not to be the case, the lender can act accordingly at the earliest possible moment. As far as allowed by those lending to your organisation, you should seek optionality or flexibility in the terms or conditions of the relevant agreement documentation. An example of this is the issue of convertible bonds. Under the terms of the agreement governing the bonds there...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...out certain functions. However, if the paragraph, in addition to these words, includes the phrase ‘as they [the local authority] consider appropriate’, this means that there is discretion built into the Act and that the local authority has a duty only so far as it considers that it is appropriate to have one. It could be argued that what might be appropriate in a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs