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Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sense of self during ageing: how mindfulness and nature can help

...work, an experience which may have provided them with a sense of pride or value. During later life, they may also encounter physical difficulties that can limit what they are able to do, so that they may have to give up lifelong-loved activities. If we also begin to lose skills through cognitive difficulties, such as those associated with dementia, this can have an even...
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Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...working environment. Your first meeting was with Mr Jones, the company manager. Mr Jones gave you a very brief idea about the company’s internal control system and organisational structure. Mr Jones explained that he reports directly to the CEO, Mrs Ramy, who strives to meet family owners’ expectations and is under continuous pressure to achieve high returns. Mr Jones...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...working for The Economist, and I was alarmed. I looked at the numbers people were saying, I looked at the increasing carbon dioxide levels, looked at the Jani equation for how much warming this was likely to produce, and reported it straight, as it were, as a very alarming prospect. I became a little more sceptical in the nineties when I began to look into the science a...
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Getting started with French 3
Languages

Getting started with French 3

...work in one go. You then get the opportunity to revise vocabulary and language structures, to review quickly what you did last time and above all to practise and consolidate. For example, by listening several times to the same recording, you will learn vocabulary and perfect your accent for the speaking activities. After completing this course, you will be able to: ask...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Advanced German: Fragen der Identität
Languages

Advanced German: Fragen der Identität

...Social-Media-Ikone Geboren in Ghana, aufgewachsen in Köln, unterwegs in Deutschland – und im World Wide Web. Zu Hause bin ich gern der farbige Fleck in einem bunten Land. Einem Land, in dem ich gerne lebe und dem ich viel zu verdanken habe: Egal, ob als Fußball-Profi oder Vater einer Tochter. Lasst uns gemeinsam alle unseren Teil beitragen, dass wir auch in Zukunft...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol
Society, Politics & Law

Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol

...Social Change’ gan y Brifysgol Agored, ond mae wedi cael ei ehangu i gynnwys gwybodaeth am y gwledydd datganoledig a newid byd-eang. Mae’r cwrs OpenLearn hwn yn cysylltu â chwrs D113 y Brifysgol Agored: Global Challenges: Social Science in Action, nawr ar agor i gofrestru...Cyflwyniad i greu newid gwleidyddol a chymdeithasol: Learning outcomes - Ar ôl astudio'r cwrs...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...Working through the course - If you are starting this course completely from scratch with no knowledge of music theory, tackle each section one by one, and spend as long as you need working on each. Be prepared to undertake a little study each day or alternate day – ‘a little often’ is a good guideline. This will prove much more beneficial than studying large chunks...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...work of careless people. They occur naturally. The spark that regularly sets fire to these forests is lightning. In this part of the southern states, violent thunderstorms are common. And lightning often strikes the taller trees, scoring a deep groove down the length of the trunk as it flashes down to Earth. And this, at my feet, is the tinder which set it aflame. These...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs