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Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...learn some basic vocabulary relating to food and drinks, greetings and introductions. You practise ordering drinks and snacks in an Italian café. You will also find out about customs to do with food and drink. Listening to Italian speakers in a variety of situations will enable you to practise initial listening skills. This OpenLearn course provides a taster for studying...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
An introduction to exoplanets Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to exoplanets

...Learn about this fascinating area of twenty-first century science in this exciting free course, An introduction to exoplanets. The course introduces our Galaxy's population of planets, and some of their many surprises. It explains the methods used by astronomers to study exoplanets, and provides a general introduction to the methods of scientific inquiry. The course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...learn how to greet people and introduce yourself, as well as how to count from one to ten. You will also be introduced to Tamil society and culture and will learn about the food and music popular in Tamil-speaking societies...This free course, Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course, provides a brief introduction to the Tamil language and its scripts and sounds. You will...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the significant issues affecting heritage engage effectively in debates about heritage issues in Scotland...Heritage case studies: Scotland: 1 Case studies - The first case study in this course, ‘Battlefields as heritage sites’ by Mary-Catherine Garden, involves public memories of two...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
The range of work with young people
Education & Development

The range of work with young people

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the distinction between description and reflection describe the range of work with young people and the variety of organisations, settings and working practices that this encompasses compare and contrast work in a range of settings, using a set of parameters such as: location, type of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Can engineering help improve patient safety?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can engineering help improve patient safety?

...learn each new system wherever you go or even whenever a new senior doctor is on the ward. This introduces massive risk.” Even when an institution manages to make genuine improvements in patient safety, too often these interventions cannot be replicated elsewhere or scaled up, leading to the curse of “worked once”, as she describes it. One place that has managed to...
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Article 5 mins
Protest Banners: Trade Union
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Trade Union

...learning more? Think you might be interested in taking your learning further? Are you new to higher education study or returning after a break? You may even be able to study for free. ​ Our 'Arts and Languages Access module' – designed to develop the key skills required for successful university study – is an ideal starting point. You will be introduced to a range...
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Video 5 mins
Number theory
Science, Maths & Technology

Number theory

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: use, and understand the theoretical underpinnings of, mathematical induction understand and be able to apply the Generalised Principle of Mathematical Induction and the Second Principle of Mathematical Induction recognise the importance of the Division Algorithm, and be able to apply it in a variety of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs