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Astronomy with an online telescope Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomy with an online telescope

...adapted vision. Finally, you will use your new skills to make scientific measurements of variable stars. The course lasts 24 hours, with 8 ‘weeks’ of study. You can work through the weeks at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete a further study week. The eight weeks are linked to ensure a logical flow through...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Listening to young children: supporting transition
Education & Development

Listening to young children: supporting transition

...adapted extract from the Open University course E229 Listening to young children: critical reflections...Listening to young children: supporting transition: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss how listening to children as they prepare for and experience transition can help them to make meaning of their new situation outline the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour
Money & Business

Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour

...adapted extract from the Open University course B251 Business Law....Corporate fraud and criminal behaviour: Introduction - [Described image] Figure 1 Judge’s gavel When we think of crime, we often imagine individuals acting alone, but did you know some of the most serious offences take place within businesses and organisations that appear legitimate? Corporate fraud...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...et al., 2010; Tombs and Whyte, 2010). The concept of social harm can be used to open up the possibilities of new narratives in such areas as Green Criminology and eco crime, human rights, and human security. It creates new considerations of how to govern global social relations and alternative ways of conceiving justice. Within this framework, it is possible to consider a...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Climate change: transitions to sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change: transitions to sustainability

...adaptable and sustainable. This free course, Climate change, takes on the task of trying to chart some of the ways in which it might be possible...Human societies have to take urgent action to end their dependences on fossil fuels. We have to alter the whole path of our development and decision making in order to make our societies both environmentally adaptable and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Studying mammals: A winning design
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: A winning design

...adaptations 'on the surface', such as thick fur. They can display 'inner' adaptations - in their metabolism, for example - of the type that only measurements such as those in Figure 3 can reveal...Studying mammals: A winning design: 5.4 Coping with heat - Not only are there the mechanisms to generate extra heat, but there are cooling mechanisms too, of which sweating is...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Leadership challenges in turbulent times
Money & Business

Leadership challenges in turbulent times

...Adapted from Leitch, Jessica, (et al), The hidden talent: Ten ways to identify and retain transformational leaders, PwC.co.uk Figure 5: Andrew Grossman / 123rf Figure 6: OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Figure 7: Public Domain Figure 8: aelitta / iStock / Getty Images Plus Figure 9: Impact Photography / Shutterstock Figure 10: Eugene Onischenko / shutterstock Figure 11:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...Adapting to conditions A few years ago, the Geneva researchers asked 50 multilingual students to lie in a brain scanner and carry out a series of language exercises. In one subjects merely listened to a sentence and said nothing. Another involved the students repeating the sentence in the same language. The third was the most onerous: subjects were asked to repeat what...
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