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Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...course will develop and improve your essential maths skills for work, study and everyday life. The course has four sessions, which cover the following topics: numbers, measurement, shapes and space, and handling data. There will be plenty of examples to help you progress, together with opportunities to practise your understanding. A Welsh-language version of this course...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...course, The problem with crime, looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are represented change your view of a city? Taking Glasgow as an example, you will look at the problem of crime and how misrepresentation can easily occur...This free course, The problem with crime, looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...course, Introducing mammals, offers a starting point for the study of mammals. It will establish their rich diversity, while highlighting the common features that define the group...Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes, and yet all species have some characteristics in common. These similarities justify the inclusion of all such diverse types within...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introducing key global development challenges
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing key global development challenges

...course introduces ‘challenges’ as a spur to thinking critically and creatively about development’s future on a global scale. You will identify how the four key challenges of conflict, governance, justice, and transformation cut-across all areas of global development. These touch upon all people, yet in different ways. How do we negotiate conflicting interests? How...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Why study languages?
Languages

Why study languages?

...course is an introduction to the differences in culture and language about which we all need to be aware. There are 10 independent sections: any selection of them can be studied in any order. Some are about why knowledge of other languages and cultures can be important; others are about what it's like to study a foreign language or to have a career using a foreign...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...course, Listening to young children: supporting transition, you will explore ways of listening to children in order to support their experiences of changes or transitions. Such transitions can involve many dimensions, including familiarisation with new cultural practices, the development of new relationships and potentially a shift in identity, for example, from being a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...course, An Introduction to Leadership for Governors, provides a brief introduction to the field of educational leadership. This Badged Open Course is part of a collection of training resources for school governors in Wales...Welcome This course provides a brief introduction to the field of educational leadership. You can also access the other courses in this collection:...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...course, Open education, is an example of a massive open online course (MOOC) and spans seven weeks. Like all the free materials on OpenLearn, this course is open to the wider world but, uniquely, it also forms part of the module for students who are studying the Open University course H817 Openness and innovation in elearning...There are many different 'flavours' or...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs