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The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...free course will teach you about the nearest planetary body to Earth: the missions to the Moon, the basic facts of its composition, the cratering on its surface, and the ancient eruptions that flooded many low-lying areas...As the only planetary body everyone is familiar with seeing in the sky, the Moon has long been an object of fascination and speculation. This free...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Sustainable Scotland
Nature & Environment

Sustainable Scotland

...free course that will appeal to anyone with an interest in a sustainable future in the context of contemporary Scottish society. It will give you a broad-based introduction to a number of different aspects of sustainability that impact on Scotland and the wider world...Sustainable Scotland is a free course that will appeal to anyone with an interest in a sustainable...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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History & The Arts

Exploring the history of prisoner education

...free course, Exploring the history of prisoner education, looks at the history of prison education in the British Isles. It will examine the motivations behind the provision of education, the types of learning that were offered and the experiences of prisoners over the first 100 years of education in prisons...Schemes to improve the literacy and numeracy of prisoners, and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice
Education & Development

Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice

...free course, Literacy, social justice and inclusive practice, explores some of the tensions and debates linked to the aim of achieving literacy for all, using specific examples. It focuses on current significant debates related to the teaching of the technical aspects of literacy to a ‘sufficient standard’ and debates related to becoming a ‘literate person’. In...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...free course, Teaching citizenship: Work and the economy, explores aspects of work, including child labour and its relationship to citizenship for those teaching this subject in secondary schools...The issue of 'citizenship, work and the economy' is often neglected in everyday discussions of citizenship. But a moment's reflection should demonstrate how important it is. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Assessing contemporary science
Science, Maths & Technology

Assessing contemporary science

...free course, Assessing contemporary science, will introduce methods of examining reports and reaching the ‘science behind the news’. It will explore the ways in which scientific knowledge develops, undergoes peer review and is communicated. The second half of the course will focus more closely on a specific scientific topic – plastics – and give you a chance to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs
Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements
Society, Politics & Law

Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements

...free course, Wildfires: environmental and social entanglements, will explore wildfires as ecological, environmental, cultural, material, and social interactions. Through readings, films, and activities, it will specifically introduce you to wildfires as ‘entanglements’. By doing so, this course will help you understand the many complex relationships that cause...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru
Money & Business

Entrepreneuriaeth Gwledig yng Nghymru

...courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for those goals.’ Andrews (1971) ‘Every business organisation, every sub-unit of an organisation and even every individual (ought to) have a clearly defined set of purposes or goals that keep it moving in a deliberately chosen direction and prevent it drifting in an undesired direction.’ Porter (1985) ‘A...
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Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs