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Social care in the community
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social care in the community

...free course, Social care in the community, focuses on one important area of social care, home care for older people...Social care involves the challenge of supporting people who, for a variety of reasons, are unable to function without assistance or supervision. This free course, Social care in the community, focuses on one important area of social care, home care for...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Introducing ICT systems
Digital & Computing

Introducing ICT systems

...free course, Introducing ICT systems, will explain what constitutes such a system and how ICT systems work. You will also look at how ICT systems convey, store and manipulate data, and how they process data. Finally you will learn how these systems are used...Information and communication technologies (ICTs) systems now dominate our everyday lives. This free course,...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Information technology: A new era?
Society, Politics & Law

Information technology: A new era?

...free course, Information technology: A new era?, looks at whether it is possible to predict the future of this industry by comparing it to the development of the automobile industry in the USA...Do the advances in information technology equate to a new industrial revolution? The advances made by IBM, Dell and many other manufacturers have resulted in massive changes to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four
Society, Politics & Law

George Orwell and Nineteen Eighty-Four

...free short course will provide you with an introduction to the main themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four. You will focus on the distinctive language and terminology Orwell used. You will understand the connections between some key events in Orwell’s life and the political ideas which underpin Nineteen Eighty-Four. You will also see how Orwell foreshadowed some of the issues...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...free course, Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach, the focus is on three different environments where children experience violence...Children are subject to many forms of adversity, for example, poverty or ill health. However, a significant form of adversity experienced by children in many different regions of the world is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...free course, A tour of the cell, contains a blend of text and a multimedia interactive component to look at the uniformity and diversity within cells. Fundamental to understanding how cells 'work' is a knowledge of the subcellular components and how they are arranged. This is introduced through a series of in-text and self-assessment questions...This free course, A tour...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Software development for enterprise systems
Digital & Computing

Software development for enterprise systems

...free course, Software development for enterprise systems, you will learn about current development practices for this type of system and develop relevant skills to apply them to real-world problems. You will develop core skills in object-oriented analysis and design, allowing you to develop software that is fit for purpose, reusable and amenable to change...Enterprise...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Learning from major cyber security incidents
Digital & Computing

Learning from major cyber security incidents

...free course was written by Patrick Wong. It was first published in February 2020. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs