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Introducing mammals
Nature & Environment

Introducing mammals

...conception, the tiny ball of dividing cells, called a blastocyst, stops developing after a few days and the process of attachment to the inner lining of the uterus is prevented. In most forms of mammalian reproduction, a blastocyst would undergo such implantation without significant delay – indeed, in humans it’s seen as marking the beginnings of true pregnancy. But...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
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Languages

How to learn a language

...concepts and skills required to learn languages successfully in this free course, How to learn a language. This course will introduce you to the skills and strategies you need for language learning. You will be encouraged to set realistic goals when learning a language, and you will be given advice on how to keep motivated to achieve these goals. You will practise...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...conceptions, there were low rates of illegitimacy. The average size of early modern families was relatively small, at four or five, with infant deaths resulting from malnourishment, disease, and accidents. By the early modern period, there was a proliferation of visual images of domestic and family life. Both Protestant and Catholic churches increasingly subordinated...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...concepts: conditionality and liability to maintain? Professor David Marsland There are precious few countries throughout the world, which have such a comprehensive state welfare system as Britain so the examples could be many. But I’m thinking of the United States in part, Switzerland in part, Japan in part. They’re important examples from across the world where it is...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Different types of business
Money & Business

Different types of business

...concepts (in this case the different classifications of businesses) to that case study information...Different types of business: References - The Economic Times (n.d.) ‘Company history: Reliance Industries Ltd.’ [Online]. Available at http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/reliance-industries-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-13215.cms (Accessed 22 August 2014). The...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Earthquakes
Science, Maths & Technology

Earthquakes

...concept, but it was Charles Richter, a professor at the California Institute of Technology, who set up a scale on the basis of many years of observations and applied it to well-known earthquakes. He explained the scale in a now classic paper published in 1935. Professor Richter modestly never attached his own name to the scale. He even refused to call it the Richter scale...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Building relationships with donors
Money & Business

Building relationships with donors

...prompted by an instinctive and emotional response to a direct appeal. Very rarely is it an informed or carefully calculated decision. Building on that initial response requires you to balance a recognition of your donors’ emotional investment with a need to develop their understanding and awareness of your cause and concerns – the head and heart messages central to...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...prompted by many different motives: to improve a law or regulation which does not work effectively, provide rules for situations not currently covered by the law, remove out-of-date law, simplify the law or make it easier for the public to understand and use. Whatever the reason for the change in the law, policy research provides the information or evidence to support the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs