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Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising systems thinking in practice (STiP)

...course provides a postgraduate level introduction to systems thinking in practice, or STiP. Systems thinking in practice itself has a long history and has developed from many different disciplinary traditions and used many different techniques and approaches, but all based on viewing complex situations as systems. The ideas about reflection in this course invite you to...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts

...course considers how well these different formal court processes work to repair ruptures to social relationships. It explores the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of adversarial versus problem-solving courts and encourages you to think about alternatives to existing dominant knowledges and practices...Social life is characterised by various relationships – those...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...course, Getting started with SPSS, takes a step-by-step approach to statistics software through seven interactive activities. No statistics software is needed...Handling statistical data is an essential part of psychological research. However, many people find the idea of using statistics, and especially statistical software packages, extremely daunting. This free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...course of Goya's career? This free course will guide you through the works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived. Anyone with a desire to look for the influences behind a work of art will benefit from studying this course...What influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? This free course will guide you ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Drug development process: combating pain
Science, Maths & Technology

Drug development process: combating pain

...course offering a brief introduction to the process of new drug discovery; from identification of a suitable candidate drug molecule to the development of a commercial drug product available in the clinic for pain relief or as an anti-inflammatory...Drug development process: combating pain, is a free course offering a brief introduction to the process of new drug...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
International relations: exploring territorial divisions
Society, Politics & Law

International relations: exploring territorial divisions

...course, drawn from part 1 of the MA in International Relations (D818), you will be introduced to the idea of international division, focusing on territory. Divisions over territory have often lied at the heart of global problems like conflict, and in the following pages you will learn about the roots of some of the lines on the map we see today...In this short taster...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs
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Education & Development

Teaching mathematics

...course, Teaching mathematics, has been designed for non-specialist mathematics teachers of 8 to 14 year olds, teaching assistants, home schoolers and parents and draws on the established provision of mathematics education at the Open University. It can also be used as Continuing Professional Development by individuals or groups of teachers. The authors have many years’...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...course, Supporting children and young people's wellbeing, looks at some of the broader concerns regarding wellbeing and the idea that children and young people today are increasingly reporting feelings of unhappiness. By completing the activities, you will be introduced to different ways of understanding children and young people’s wellbeing as well as a variety of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs