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Money & Business

Risk management

...systems for oversight and scrutiny are in place. Contribute to public awareness of risk. Indeed all UK companies listed on the Stock Exchange are expected to apply effective risk management as part of their compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code...Session 1: Living in a world of risk: 3 Risk in everyday life - Risk is all around us. We take risks when we eat and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
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Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic psychology

...systems to scrutinise its ‘evolved’ legal processes. It has also been the case that law, as a profession, has remained sceptical of the ability of disciplines such as psychology to have anything to offer (e.g. Nijboer, 1995). Increasingly, however, psychologists work in collaboration with members of the legal profession. Specialist conferences provide a forum for...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...systems, in which sensors measure oxygen intake and carbon dioxide exhalations. Scientists know how much energy is used during the metabolic processes that create the carbon dioxide we breathe out, so they can work backwards to deduce that, for example, a human who has exhaled 15 litres of carbon dioxide must have used 94 calories of energy. The facility’s three...
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Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...systems, mobile phones use GPS: maps are important in everyday life whether captured by aerial photography, satellite imagery or simply drawn. This free course, Why maps are made, looks at how we read and evaluate the information in maps and assesses the values embedded within them. From mental maps to public transport and street maps: how do they affect your life?...Cars...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Passports: identity and airports
Society, Politics & Law

Passports: identity and airports

...system - Figure 1 UK passports Passport systems have a long and varied history. They’re probably the most widespread and enduring example of a ‘regime of identification’. The term ‘regime of identification’ refers to systematic efforts made by administrative bodies and governments to identify and register their populations. The regimes we’ll study in this...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...systems for Web design. Half a century after the rise of Swiss-style graphic design, some design bloggers suggested that some of its principles might apply to Web design. Those suggestions evolved into best practices, and from there into Blueprint CSS, an actual style sheet framework. The framework became popular and inspired other frameworks, such as 960.gs. Similar...
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EU Referendum - Economy
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Economy

...systems range from universal and generous in Scandinavia to selective and minimal in some ex-communist countries, and its central policymakers try to respect this diversity. The Remain campaign suggests they have succeeded, especially after February’s special-status deal for the UK which recognises that member states have “ the possibility of refusing to grant social...
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How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...system, argues Dr Hannana Siddiqui...Find out about The Open University's Sociology courses and qualifications [The UK government's Ending Violence against Women and Girls strategy] The 2016 strategy paper from the UK Home Office on ending violence against women and girls, introduced by the-then Home Secretary Theresa May The ‘honour’ killing of Banaz Mahmod...
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