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Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...free course, Organisations and the financial system, introduces the key operational and decisional features of the process of business financing and also considers organisations’ specific structures and goals. Transcript...Organisations and the financial system: Introduction - What are the main types of financial resources available to organisations and how can these...
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...free course explores controversies associated with the practice of 'veiling' within Islam. The Islamic 'veil', be it in the form of the hijab, niqab, jilbab or burqa (we shall explore this terminology in more detail later), has been at the centre of many different controversies. Many of these controversies can be understood in the context of debates about different...
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Business models in strategic management
Money & Business

Business models in strategic management

...free course, Business models in strategic management, you will be introduced to the theory and practice of business models as they have developed in strategy literature. In particular, you will explore the emergence of the business model idea, types of business models and how business models can be designed. Inherent in this course is the idea that, despite being more...
Engineering: The challenge of temperature
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The challenge of temperature

...free course, Engineering: The challenge of temperature, looks at the impact of changes in temperature on a variety of objects and looks at the problem of how to boil water...Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for food and shelter to the generation of wealth by trade. This free...
An introduction to data and information in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to data and information in health and social care

...free course, An introduction to data and information in health and social care, will help you to understand the ways computers and technology work with health data to produce information, and how exactly this impacts patient care...Have you ever wondered about how information and technology have impacted healthcare? What influence does all this have on how a day-to-day...
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...free course, David Hume, examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, 'Of the immortality of the soul'. More generally, it examines some of the shifts in attitude concerning death and religious belief that were taking place in Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, through examination of...
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Numbers, units and arithmetic
Science, Maths & Technology

Numbers, units and arithmetic

...free course, Numbers, units and arithmetic, is for you. The course will explain the basics of working with positive and negative numbers and how to multiply and divide with fractions and decimals...Do fractions and decimals make you apprehensive about maths? Do you lack confidence in dealing with numbers? If so, then this free course, Numbers, units and arithmetic,......
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...free course, Remaking the relations of work and welfare, looks at how participation in, and drop-out from, 'workfare' programmes are interpreted within different theoretical perspectives, and uses two case studies to connect the theory with the reality of people's lives...How do 'welfare to work' programmes such as the New Deal take into account and shape people's...