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Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...accountability, transparency, for example – though they are expressed in different ways in different contexts. It is possible that your choice reflected an institution’s significance not only in shaping how development takes place, but also in framing how development is conceptualised. It is particularly important to recognise that there are institutions which govern...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Attachment in the early years
Education & Development

Attachment in the early years

...account for more of the variance in attachment security. So maybe not misreading your baby’s internal state is more important than reading your baby’s internal states and they both seem to make independent contributions to attachment security. John Oates So just to clarify then it’s the higher the proportion of non-attuned comments, the less likely is it that the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Marketing in the 21st Century
Money & Business

Marketing in the 21st Century

...account development – account-based marketing market and customer insight. (Source: Dibb et al., 2012, p. 632) This free course is an adapted extract from an Open University course BB844 Marketing in the 21st century...Marketing in the 21st century: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: articulate whether marketing is a process or...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...accountable in terms of their use of theory. What are the expectations of you about why, how and when theory should inform your research? Activity 7 Theory – practice links Timing: Allow approximately 1 hour 30 minutes Go to the link below to review the Teaching and Learning Research Briefing No. 80, ‘Quality criteria for the assessment of education research in...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Richard Tol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Richard Tol - Stories of Change

...account and that's part of the projections and it makes it very, very complicated. And this is of course an example ... RH: When you say complicated, don't you mean impossible? RT: well, it's not impossible ... RH: You're an economist, of course you have to believe in the figures. Some other people looking at the figures will say, 'Well frankly, we don't know...
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Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...account > 0. ii.Speed (in mph) on motorway ≤ 70. iii.18 ≤ age (in years) ≤ 50. c.Express the following conditions using the inequality symbols. i.The fridge temperature should be less than 4 °C. ii.There must be at least five people on the committee. iii.For an ideal weight, a person's BMI should be greater than 20 and less than 25. Discussion a. i.4 < 7 ii.18 > 10...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them

...accounts of the experience of panic. It also presents some of the key understandings of why panic attacks happen, and provides an overview of the main ways people can get help and help themselves. ...Panic attacks: what they are and what to do about them is a free course that should be helpful to anyone who experiences panic or panic attacks, for their family and friends,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor
History & The Arts

The repute and reality of being a Roman emperor

...accounts tend to polarise emperors as good or bad, as loved by all or hated by all. The evidence is often coloured by the objectives of the creators; we are left with a series of representations – not just of how the living emperor presented himself but how he was presented by others once he was dead. Evaluating the reign of an emperor involves not only assessing how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs