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Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...free course you’ll examine one of Agatha Christie’s most significant works, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), and explore the evolution of British detective fiction in relation to Christie’s background, literary modernism and the development of middlebrow fiction...When we think of twentieth century literature as a popular cultural form, Agatha Christie...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...free course, Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth, you will build on your understanding of how to evaluate research by thinking about a fundamental part of the research process: research perspectives and approaches. Some of the different ways of researching situations that can arise when working in education and working with children and young...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Partnerships and networks in work with young people
Health, Sports & Psychology

Partnerships and networks in work with young people

...free course, Partnerships and networks in work with young people, you will explore a range of meanings for the word 'partnership' and see that it is used to describe a range of practices, structures and processes. You will also look at some of the difficulties, as well as the potential benefits, that can come from working in partnership...The term 'partnership' is used to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...language...This free course, Continuing classical Latin, gives you the opportunity to hear a discussion of the development of the Latin language....Continuing classical Latin: Introduction - This course features a discussion that shows how languages develop – a spoken language is constantly undergoing change while written ......
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...free course, The poetry of Sorley MacLean, will introduce you to his poetry and give you an insight into the cultural, historical and political contexts that inform his work. MacLean wrote in Gaelic and the importance of the language to his work is also examined...Sorley MacLean (1911-1996) is regarded as one of the greatest Scottish poets of the twentieth century. This...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Influenza: A case study
Science, Maths & Technology

Influenza: A case study

...free course, Influenza: A case study, explores the biology of influenza, covering a range of topics including: the virus, infection, replication, mutation, immune responses, pathology, surveillance, diagnosis and treatment...This free course, Influenza: A case study, explores the biology of influenza, covering a range of topics including: the virus, infection,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits
Education & Development

Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits

...free course, Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits, explores practical ways in which you can make the most of the UK's extraordinarily dynamic and diverse museums and galleries; it gives you pathways into museum resources, and shares examples of teachers and museum educators making the most of museum artefacts...Museums give children experiences above and beyond the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing
Money & Business

Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing

...free course, Rent or buy? The challenge of access to housing, addresses some of the most important decisions that households must make: buy or rent? Why is housing viewed as a safe investment? Are house prices too high? How can we tell and what makes them change? This free course can help you with your own housing decisions, as well as understand the politics that often...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs