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Religious diversity: rethinking religion
History & The Arts

Religious diversity: rethinking religion

...podcast in which some of the members of the Religious Studies Department of the Open University explain why they believe studying religion is important. Paul-François Tremlett, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies and Head of Department: Religious Studies is the most exciting subject on the curriculum - bar none. And the reason for that is, we address all the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...mathematically (as outlined in this BBC News Magazine article). Just as with systems being ‘observer dependent’, risks are not understood by all or interpreted equally. Risk awareness varies because of different interpretations of hazard and the probability of the hazard occurring. Jumping off a high diving board at a swimming pool may be fun and ‘not risky’ for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers Badge icon
Education & Development

Developing Reading for Pleasure: engaging young readers

...Mathematics and Science subjects (Whitten et al., 2016). [A girl in school uniform sat at a classroom table reading a book.] Reading for Pleasure is also a tool for social justice and is recognised as a stronger indicator of future educational attainment than socio-economic status (OECD, 2021). Research has found that reading to 4–5-year-olds regularly to help develop a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...mathematical signs and a music notation. Braille is interesting because the basic unit of the sign is, simply, the raised dot, whereas most alphabets compose letters using straight lines, dots, curves and compound marks. Thus braille is very simple and purely abstract (that is, it has no remnants of an iconic system, such as representing the quantity zero by an empty...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...mathematical platitudes (e.g. that torturing people for fun is morally objectionable, or that 55 plus 55 necessarily equals 110) do not seem to require observational support, yet few would be prepared to denounce these judgements as unreasonable. The evidence for these and other reasonable opinions must come from some other source than the senses. Empiricists tried to get...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...mathematics fast’ or ‘I have a proposal how to serve customers faster without investing into this change’...Business models in strategic management: 5.1.2 What do you do? Core activities - The next question you need to ask yourself is ‘What do I do?’ While answering this question, you should think about activities that determine your work. For instance, is your...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The frozen planet
Nature & Environment

The frozen planet

...mathematics that underpin our understanding of the polar world demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the processes and interactions (physical, biological, chemical and geological) which shape the polar environment at different temporal and spatial scales express concepts in an objective and factually correct way make sense of information presented in different ways,...
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Level 1: Introductory 7 hrs
Conversations and interviews
Money & Business

Conversations and interviews

...mathematics and I learned a great deal about linear analysis, topological spaces and other esoteric subjects. However, I also learned problems come well-defined and neatly packaged and that there are clear-cut, right or wrong answers. As I’ve done more work in the field of management, I’ve had to ‘unlearn’ much of my learning from my first degree! Often diagnosing...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs