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Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside
Society, Politics & Law

Section 6: Introduction to Learning Resources on Red Clydeside

...sources which put Red Clydeside in context, at local, national and international level. The third section (c. Overviews of Red Clydeside) focuses on three resources, one short online item and two books, all of which present accessible accounts of events. These events, however, have been the subject of prolonged and heated debate among historians and political partisans...
Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: Getting around

...Open University language course that concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. It will be of interest to all those who want to improve their language skills in order to communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish. This OpenLearn course is...
Company law in context
Society, Politics & Law

Company law in context

...open a newsagents. What are the different things you would need to do in order to set up in business and trade? Think of as many ways as you can in which the law would have an impact on your planned activity. [Figure 1] Discussion Here are some of the things you might have thought about: You would need premises. If you bought the premises outright, you would own them (you...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Money & Business

Hybrid working: starting in the workplace

...Open University and TrainingZone, launched just recently. And we're looking at the role of L&D in enabling social mobility. So the white paper is very practical. We do a deep dive into different socially diverse talent pools, the specific barriers that they face, and how we can help those individuals and those groups to contribute and add value to the organisation, whilst...
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...Open University course L226 Spanish Studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world...Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the language of rights and obligations express opinions and concerns distinguish between some of the uses of the indicative and subjunctive...
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...open mind on most topics, aids reducing prejudice and helps me work to what I feel may be a more balanced viewpoint. John Robles: It [systems thinking] allows me to tackle problems not only in a scientific way but in a holistic way which demonstrates a caring approach to all persons at all levels connected with the problem or system(s) involved. Paul Warren: Systems...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...opening sequence is one minute, you relate to that, because that’s what you do, but the opening minute is tracking through pipes which turn into the throat of a baby fulmar and that’s going to kill it and indeed, it’s going to kill the adult. So then you start looking at what happened to this, it’s a detective story, why have these birds come up and then gone...
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...source of infinite mischief”. Providing information to inform individual choice, “instead of being mischievous, must be attended with the happiest consequences”. Advice and information, rather than legislation, indeed remain the preferred techniques for transforming national food systems for most policy makers. Nutritional guidelines, not soda bans. The 18th century...