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Languages
Postgraduate Certificate in Translation
This postgraduate certificate enables you to start developing your skills as a translator. You'll engage in authentic translation tasks to develop useful employability skills, explore different approaches to translation and develop an understanding of the links between theory and practice. With a focus on recent research, you'll develop an awareness of the wider cultural, ethical and professional contexts of translation.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Postgraduate Certificate in Space Science
Designed for those with an academic or professional interest in space science, this qualification provides students with a wide-ranging overview of scientific measurement in the space environment, and will equip students with the skills required to carry out scientific investigations using space-based instrumentation, both individually and as a team.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Professional Certificate in Practical Statistics
This certificate introduces key ideas in statistics. Gain the skills to explore, summarise and analyse data to solve practical problems. Appreciate the breadth of statistical applications and of the role of variability in today's world. And learn to recognise the limitation of statistical analyses. You'll also use a range of statistical software.
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History & The Arts
Diploma of Higher Education in Music
This diploma will broaden and deepen your understanding of music through study of a wide range of genres (including western art music, jazz, popular music, and non-western musics). You'll combine practical activities, which involve making your own recordings, with learning about the scientific basis for music and how it is heard and perceived. You'll develop the technical skills to analyse and create music in different styles, and examine the technologies that are used to produce, manipulate and transmit music.
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Money & Business
Foundation Degree in Combined Professional Studies
This flexible qualification enables you to develop lifelong learning skills that will open doors to further study and career development. You can choose from a wide variety of fascinating modules in any subjects you like, depending on your interests and career aspirations ? including work-related modules to help you in your current role and enhance your future employability.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Diploma of Higher Education in Physics
Develop the knowledge and skills needed to explore the smallest and largest scales of the Universe. You'll learn to describe, analyse, test and explain phenomena in the physical world objectively and quantitatively, using appropriate mathematical tools and experimental methods.
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Certificate of Higher Education in Health Sciences
This certificate offers an accessible and engaging introduction to the science behind human health and disease. If you're interested in health science and developing essential skills for study, this course is for you. By the end of your study, you'll have a valuable qualification under your belt and be on your way to an honours degree.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Certificate of Higher Education in Mathematical Sciences
This certificate provides the basic skills you need for further study in mathematics and statistics, and is ideal if you need some mathematics to underpin your studies in other areas. You'll be introduced to pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics; using mathematical software; working with abstract ideas; and modelling real-world problems using mathematics.
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Money & Business
Diploma of Higher Education in Combined Professional Studies
This flexible qualification enables you to develop lifelong learning skills that will open doors to further study and career development. You can choose from a wide variety of fascinating modules in any subjects you like, depending on your interests and career aspirations ? including work-related modules to help you in your current role and enhance your future employability.
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Society, Politics & Law
Diploma in Economics
In this diploma you'll explore contemporary socio-economics issues by learning to apply economic theories and techniques to real world situations. You'll learn to use specialised software to apply statistical concepts to economic data and carry out your own research project. The analytical skills you'll learn are greatly valued by employers.
Foundations for social work practice
Are you interested in social work or social care? Whatever your starting point, this key introductory OU level 1 module will develop your knowledge of the key roles of social work, and introduce the social work standards and codes of practice relevant to each UK nation. You will also build key skills in information and communication technologies, information literacy and reflective writing.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Non-medical independent and supplementary prescribing
This programme is designed to enable you to gain the knowledge and skills required for safe, appropriate and effective prescribing practice. It will empower you to enhance your role and effectively use your skills and competencies to improve patient care. You'll have the opportunity to consider contemporary research and its importance in the continued development and implementation of best practice. You'll become equipped as an Independent/Supplementary Prescriber ready to be responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with diagnosed and undiagnosed conditions, together with the decision-making skills required in clinical management.