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Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...course and workshops developed by William Mitchell, a Loyalist ex-prisoner and former Open University student from the Action for Community Transformation Initiative (ACT), based in the Shankill. Why riot? is a collaboration between The Open University in Ireland’s Time to Think initiative and the ACT Initiative. [Time to think logo] Time to Think is both an oral...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Managing coastal environments
Nature & Environment

Managing coastal environments

...course, Managing coastal environments, looks at the example of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, England, describing how the current state of the estuary came to be. It examines the contests and conflicts that centre on the estuary in terms of managing the environment for human needs and the needs of the other species who make their habitat there...Coastal environments are...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Health, Sports & Psychology

From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language

...Open University course : SDK228 The science of the mind: investigating mental health...From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise definitions and applications of key terms relating to mental health understand and apply basic grammatical terminology describe briefly the different...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Working with our environment: an introduction
Nature & Environment

Working with our environment: an introduction

...Open University course. You may be studying it because it meets some of your moral aspirations for self-development, but possibly it also meets some of your social and material needs. What are the demands it makes in terms of material and energy use? Although Maslow's model is more complicated than the brief interpretation I have given and has been criticised since it...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences
Education & Development

Introducing ethics in Information and Computer Sciences

...open a human being than an encrypted laptop. Of course, the question is, is it ever ‘right’ to exploit this as a means of finding things out? I suspect most of us would say ‘no’...Introducing Ethics in Information and Computer Sciences: 4.6 What matters? - When the laptop is confirmed to be uncompromised, it is interesting that none of the characters cheers,...
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Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
The science of nuclear energy
Science, Maths & Technology

The science of nuclear energy

...course as you consider nuclear energy in context. Before you start, The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations of the course. Your input will help to further improve the online learning experience. If you’d like to help, and if you haven’t done so already, please fill in this optional...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...Cover image: Nicolas Raymond in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Licence. 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/ free-courses...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...course is mainly in Spanish. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L226 Spanish Studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world...Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the language of rights and obligations express ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs