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Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...Open University course L192 Bon départ: beginners' French...Beginners' French: A trip to Avignon: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and give information on a French town seek clarification on where to stay and things to do deal confidently with numbers and tell the time identify a personal development in oral fluency and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...Open University’s Classical Studies courses and qualifications....The many guises of the emperor Augustus: Introduction - This free course focuses on Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, who lived from 63 BCE to 14 CE. The rule of Augustus marked a significant political change in Rome, and Augustus’ position as emperor was initially fragile and controversial. Key to his...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Galaxies, stars and planets
Science, Maths & Technology

Galaxies, stars and planets

...source of light. When the Sun is observed with instruments that can detect electromagnetic radiation other than visible light, it is possible to see the full extent of the activity of the Sun. Prominences, sunspots and other features of the Sun seen at different wavelengths are indicative of active regions, generally caused by the Sun's magnetic field, which influences...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
An introduction to interaction design
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to interaction design

...Open University course TM356 Interaction Design...An introduction to interaction design: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what interaction design is, the importance of user-centred design and methods of user information gathering understand how the sensory, cognitive and physical capabilities of users inform the design of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...sources Cole, M. & Morgan, K. (2011) ‘Vegaphobia: Derogatory discourses of veganism and the reproduction of speciesism in UK national newspapers’, British Journal of Sociology 61(1), pp. 134–153. Cole, M. & Stewart, K. (2014) Our children and other animals: The cultural construction of human-animal relations in childhood. Ashgate. Freeman, C.P. (2009) ‘This little...
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Article 5 mins
FGM prevalence and healthcare planning
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM prevalence and healthcare planning

...source. The exact number of girls and women impacted by FGM worldwide is unknown. UNICEF (2024) and UNFPA (2025) estimate that at least 230 million living girls and women have had FGM another 27 million are projected to have it by 2030 4.4 million girls are at risk of being impacted by FGM annually. FGM is practised in at least 92 countries. It is largely prevalent in...
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Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...Open University course B392 Advanced management accounting...Challenges in advanced management accounting: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand and describe strategic management accounting make decisions based on customer profitability using activity costing incorporate risk and uncertainty in project appraisal...Challenges in...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...open crystals and glasses formed from inorganic compounds, distortions of the crystal structure can accommodate some of the increase in average spacing. Consequently these materials show rather lower expansion coefficients α – compare soda glass, porcelain and silica with the metals in Table 4. And there are ways of otherwise coping with thermal expansion. See Box 3...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs