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Science, Maths & Technology
People-centred designing
Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This free course, People-centred designing, focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of design. In addition to stimulating ...
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Money & Business
Project management: the start of the project journey
This course introduces projects, what they are, how they come about, responses to problems and planning. It explores the role of key players including the project manager, feasibility studies, decision making and project life cycles.
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History & The Arts
Superqueeroes: Gender and superheroes
Why is Wonder Woman only playing a secondary role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? This article looks at the role of gender and sexuality in superhero films.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Measure the Pulfrich Effect
Using the Pulfrich Effect, it's possible to calculate the difference in speed in how quickly your eyes communicate with your brain. Why not have a go?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
World Social Work Day
March 15th is World Social Work Day. Explore social work in more detail with our range of free resources including interactives and free courses.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Rugby: A game of risk and reward
What are the risks of playing rugby and are they worth it?
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Languages
Мови в дії
Кожному з нас у нашому робочому житті все частіше потрібно співпрацювати з людьми, що належать до інших культур або з тими, чия рідна мова є для нас іноземною. Або нам, можливо, доведеться поїхати в іншу країну та працювати у ролі іноземця самим. Цей безкоштовний курс «Мови у робочому житті» дасть змогу зрозуміти відмінності між культурами та ...
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Society, Politics & Law
Why sportspeople convicted of violence against women forfeit their right to be 'stars'
Should a sports star, convicted of crimes of violence against women, be allowed to return to the privileged position they occupied before they offended?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How are scientists testing for the growth of antibiotic resistance?
Is following the evolution of bacteria going to help us find a solution to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
What are premature babies telling us about antibiotic resistance?
A new study of the bacteria found in the guts of children born before full-term shows the superbug problem is a growing threat.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language
Human communication is vastly more complex than that of any other species we know about. It is so complex that linguists are only just beginning to identify the processes in the brain that are related to understanding language. This free course, From sound to meaning: hearing, speech and language, looks at how language is understood by taking an...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Ratting out disease: How animals are detecting disease - and other threats to life
Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they’re being trained to save your life. Emma Young reports.