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Introducing public health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing public health

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K311 Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice...Introducing public health: Learning Outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of the wider determinants of health and ill-health demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...course was produced by The Open University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland....Exploring evidence-based policing: Introduction - The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whateverthat it is not utterly absurd. (Bertrand Russell) In recent years policing has seen a shift away from taken-for-granted ways of doing things. As part...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Contemporary issues in managing
Money & Business

Contemporary issues in managing

...Open University course B870 Managing in a changing world which looks at the different viewpoints surrounding the concept of management and managing...Contemporary issues in managing: Learning outcomes - By the end of this course, you should be able to: describe the nature of different types of managerial approaches adopted by organisations in contemporary time understand...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...course was written by Isobel Shelton and Sue McKeogh (staff tutors at The Open University). Contributions were made by Katie Harrison (teacher and member of the ATL Union). Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course W102 Law: concepts and perspectives...Modern slavery: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the historical origins of slavery as well as examples of slavery understand the international legal framework prohibiting slavery understand the concept of modern slavery and...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Who are Europeans?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are Europeans?

...TPCOM All other materials included in this course are derived from content originated at the Open University. 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/ ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law....An introduction to social work law: Introduction - In this free course, An introduction to social work law, you will consider the role of social workers and the values that shape social work practice. You will be asked to examine some of your preconceptions about social work and the law...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...Open University course U212 Childhood). National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (2002) Call for National Strategy on Child Deaths, http://www.nspcc.org.uk/html/information/callfornationalstrategyonchilddeaths.htm (accessed 1 May 2002). Ohsako, T. (1999) ‘The developing world’ in Smith, P.K., Morita, Y., Junger-Tas, J., Olweus, D., Catalano, R. and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs