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Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...course, Empowering communities, discusses the most common forms of community empowerment, and explores the barriers to community empowerment and ways that these can be overcome. It will conclude by looking at crime and criminality: a particular challenge that can arise if communities are not sufficiently empowered and supported...This free course, Empowering communities,...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty
Money & Business

Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty

...Open University course B874 Finance for strategic decision-making...Decision trees and dealing with uncertainty: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: deal with basic uncertainty in a decision-making context understand the basic ideas of probability calculate expected values produce and analyse a decision tree...Decision trees and dealing...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...course, Introducing engineering, introduces a number of key themes that explore how engineering is undertaken in our modern world. These themes include engineering design, rules that govern engineers, manufacturing for products and electricity generation using solar energy...Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines from design to manufacturing. This free...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Discovering development management
Money & Business

Discovering development management

...Open University course T878 Capacities for managing development...Discovering development management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: write a working definition of development management apply the complexity, emergence, difference (CoDE) framework to selected cases of development management develop some initial judgements of...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
Exploring family health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring family health

...Open Learn course, it is a good idea to pause and reflect on the experience...Exploring family health: References - Alzheimer’s Society (2012) What is Alzheimer’s Disease? [Online]. Available at https:/ www.alzheimers.org.uk/ site/ scripts/ documents_info.php?documentID=100 (Accessed 09 January 2013). BBC News (2012) Case studies: Life in the system...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Introduction to algebra
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to algebra

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course MU123 Introduction to algebra...Introduction to algebra: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise technical terms and appreciate some of the uses of algebra collect like terms and simplify expressions term by term multiply out brackets simplify some formulas solve simple...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. 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 1: Introductory 4 hrs
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...course is an adapted extract from the Open University course D818 MA International relations part 1...International relations: exploring territorial divisions: 1 How is the world divided territorially? - If we consider the political map of the world at different points in history, we are presented with a fluctuating picture that shows a range of different territorial...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs