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What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...free course, What is poetry?, is designed to illustrate the techniques behind both the traditional forms of poetry and free verse. You will learn how you can use your own experiences to develop ideas and how to harness your imagination...Have you always wanted to try to write poetry but never quite managed to start? This free course, What is poetry?, is designed to...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...free course will help you to learn about the problems of defining a system and meet some of the key concepts used in systems theory: boundary, environment, positive and negative feedback, etc...What is systems thinking and practice? The essence of systems thinking and practice is in 'seeing' the world in a particular way, because how you 'see' things affects the way you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...free course, Blood and the respiratory system, you’ll study why respiration is so important for life, including how air enters and leaves the lungs, how oxygen is transported in the blood, the many dynamic factors that control breathing, and some diseases that affect respiration...‘Don’t hold your breath’ is an expression you’ve probably heard many times, but...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
What happens to you when you read?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What happens to you when you read?

...free course, What happens to you when you read? explores our relationship with books and the ways in which engaging with fiction in particular can change readers. Research shows that as well as providing us with a form of entertainment, the activity of reading can bring benefits to our wellbeing in challenging times. People have experienced and explored these benefits...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...free OpenLearn course! In this course you will explore how psychology helps us to understand human thoughts (how people think), emotions (how people feel) and behaviours (what people do) across different societies. This course has been created to demonstrate the fascinating universal and unique ways in which psychology works around the world. You will explore...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...free course, Challenges in advanced management accounting, focuses on strategic management accounting and selected concepts and techniques. It will help you to successfully navigate mid- to long-term challenges to creating sustainable organisations. This OpenLearn course requires a prior understanding of basic management accounting approaches...This free course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...free course, Geological processes in the British Isles, you will explore the processes that have shaped the British landscape over time, gaining insight into the geological evolution of the entire planet...The landscape of the British Isles has undergone dramatic changes during the history of the Earth, from shallow sea to desert to the familiar terrain of the 21st...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
The social in social science
Society, Politics & Law

The social in social science

...free course, The social in social science, provides a basic overview of how social science contains deeply embedded cultural assumptions, and outlines the important relationship between philosophical thinking and practical research methods in social sciences...In a complex and rapidly changing world, social scientific study examines how we produce things, communicate,...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs