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Squares, roots and powers
Science, Maths & Technology

Squares, roots and powers

...free course reviews the basics of all three and also describes scientific notation, which is a convenient way of writing or displaying large numbers...From paving your patio to measuring the ingredients for your latest recipe, squares, roots and powers really are part of everyday life. This free course reviews the basics of all three and also describes scientific...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Teaching secondary geography
Education & Development

Teaching secondary geography

...free course, Teaching secondary geography, will identify and explore some of the key issues around teaching geography in secondary schools. Through coming to understand these issues and debates, you will reflect on and develop your practice as a geography teacher and develop a greater awareness of the wider context of geography education and how this affects geography in...
Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink

...free course, Beginners’ Spanish: food and drink, focuses on buying and ordering food and drink at a restaurant or bar. You will be able to use some basic vocabulary relating to food, drinks, meals, quantities and measures. In this OpenLearn course you will listen to Spanish speakers in a variety of situations...Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate...
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...free course, doping (performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs) is used as an example of how contemporary issues in sport might be studied. Doping is used to illustrate how you can think about the debates involved in an issue and this will help you develop appropriate skills to discuss other contemporary issues in sport...In this free course, doping (performance enhancing...
Innovation in policing
Society, Politics & Law

Innovation in policing

...free course, Innovation in policing, explores the concept of innovation from the perspective of police and policing. It considers the ways in which innovation can apply in policing and how those working in policing and related fields can become more innovative...This free course, Innovation in policing, explores the concept of innovation from the perspective of police and...
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction
Education & Development

Conducting qualitative interviews: an introduction

...free course on conducting a basic qualitative interview. The course covers preparing for interviews, setting up an interview, familiarisation with research tools and obtaining informed consent. It then covers tips and suggestions for conducting the interview before moving on to after the interview and recording fieldnotes...Do you want to find out what people think about...
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...free course, An introduction to crime and criminology. This course will introduce you to the study of crime within the subject area of criminology by considering the relatively common-place problem of vandalism in the form of graffiti. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course DD105 Introduction to criminology...An introduction to ......
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...free course, Developing your skills as an HR professional, will help you to develop some of the skills you will need to be effective as an HR professional. You will practise learning reflectively and you will also develop the skills of organising yourself, managing time and stress, and working in teams or groups...This free course, Developing your skills as an HR...