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Babylonian mathematics
Science, Maths & Technology

Babylonian mathematics

...system and a sexagesimal one; appreciate the advanced understanding of mathematics in Ancient Mesopotamia in relation to anyone in medieval Christian Europe 3000 years later...Babylonian mathematics: 1 Babylonian mathematics - In Mesopotamia, the scribes of Babylon and the other big cities were impressing on clay tablets economic and administrative records, literary,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world Badge icon
Digital & Computing

Digital skills: succeeding in a digital world

...system. It will alert you if it thinks a program or person is trying to access your data without your permission. Most computer systems come with a firewall built in, but you may decide to buy your own. Antivirus software can detect any existing threats from viruses and malware and will attempt to isolate or destroy them. It can also block any potential threats. New...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Young people and religion: creative learning with history
History & The Arts

Young people and religion: creative learning with history

...thinking about how to make contemporary society more harmonious. Using the findings, this course will enable you to engage young people with a collection of short texts, images and videos (which will be referred to as ‘clippings’) to broaden their understanding of the subject and make their own short films (which will be referred to as ‘docutubes’) to share their...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Studying medicine bilingually
Health, Sports & Psychology

Studying medicine bilingually

...think about when applying to study medicine, and outlines some of the particular advantages of studying medicine bilingually at university...Are you interested in studying medicine at university? Then if so, this unit is for you. It introduces a number of the factors that you need to think about when applying to study medicine, and outlines some of the particular...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Collaborative problem solving for community safety
Money & Business

Collaborative problem solving for community safety

...think back over things you have already read and see if you understand them or can apply them to your own life. ‘Thinking back’ in this way is a vital component of what we mean by reflection. Reflection is one of those things that is both really simple and quite complex. It is simple because, like learning, we all do it – it is really nothing more than thinking back...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Exploring anxiety
Science, Maths & Technology

Exploring anxiety

...think critically about issues, models and frameworks and their application in different contexts, to take a proactive ‘questioning’ approach, to put forward your views, and to argue a case convincingly backed up with evidence that supports your view. These are skills that you will continue to develop if you move on to postgraduate study. But before we broach these...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Journeying through wellbeing: Exploring mental health and wellbeing

...think about our personal wellbeing, you might think that it would be difficult to quantify, or to put it another way, to put a number on our sense of wellbeing. You would not be alone, some people do think it is difficult or even impossible to measure something like wellbeing. However, in the UK the Office for National Statistics measures personal wellbeing in the...
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Article 10 mins
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...think is probably aware of its own existence over time – so I think there’s good evidence that chimpanzees are persons. Nigel: What about adult humans who lack the mental capacity to think about their own past as their own. Would they not be persons? Peter: I think they’re no longer persons. They may have been persons and we may choose to respect the wishes they had...
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Audio 15 mins