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Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market
Money & Business

Using voluntary work to get ahead in the job market

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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Social work law and UK regulation
Society, Politics & Law

Social work law and UK regulation

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law. ...Social work law and UK regulation: Introduction - In this free course, Social work law and UK regulation, you are going to learn about definitions of law and where legislation comes from. You will then apply this to social work and also learn how social work is regulated across the UK...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Applying social work law to asylum and immigration
Society, Politics & Law

Applying social work law to asylum and immigration

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course K271 Social work law....Applying social work law to asylum and immigration: Introduction - In this free online course, Applying social work law to asylum and immigration, you will hear from social work practitioners, lawyers, advocates and advice workers about the ways in which social work practitioners can...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Race and Youth Policy: working with young people
Education & Development

Race and Youth Policy: working with young people

...course will look at the meaning of social policy, how it works as a mechanism of persuading people to behave in specific ways, its role in shaping our understandings of young people, and the role practitioners can play in mediating and influencing policy. In particular, this course will examine the racialisation and criminalisation of youth social policy as it pertains to...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Making sense of ourselves
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of ourselves

...Open University course DE200 Investigating psychology 2...Making sense of ourselves: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain some of the key aspects of prejudice and how and why they are important describe basic elements in the study of the psychology of personal relationships such as love and friendship understand how visual...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...Open University course S282 Astronomy. This course has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions). This content is made available...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...Open University course S385 Cosmology and the distant Universe. ...Unsolved problems in cosmology: Introduction - Welcome to this free course, Unsolved problems in cosmology. If you have read any other books or articles about cosmology, or seen TV programmes on the subject, you will probably be aware that cosmological theory has been very successful in explaining a wide...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...course. Complete the Week 1 quiz here. Open the quiz in a new window or tab then come back here when you’re done...Week 1: Building stone: 1.14 Summary of Week 1 - You’ve reached the end of Week 1, and have looked at how rocks form: sedimentary rocks in a depositional environment; igneous rocks from molten rock; and metamorphic rock within the Earth’s crust where...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs