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Transport and Sustainability
Science, Maths & Technology

Transport and Sustainability

...Introduction - Transport has considerable environmental impacts. It creates problems of urban air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. There is also the problem of determining who is the most important urban road user; the private car, public road transport, or cyclists and pedestrians. The ultimate energy service provided by transport energy is mobility. However,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Challenging ideas in mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Challenging ideas in mental health

...Introduction - This free course, Challenging ideas in mental health, takes you on a journey of discovery where you are invited to challenge ideas, both new and old, in relation to mental health. It is made up of a series of three sections. The first section, ‘Boundaries of explanation’, sets out the theme of boundaries: boundaries within and between groups; within and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The business of film
History & The Arts

The business of film

...Introduction - The film business aims to make money, just like any other business. However, it's also an important cultural aspect of our lives, and a key part of the creative sector. The usual norms and expectations of a business are sometimes tempered by other considerations. This free course, The business of film, will highlight particular areas of business learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...Introduction - Each section of this free course, Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish, will help you develop an understanding of spoken Spanish through watching video portraits of six people talking at a natural pace about themselves and their lives. Using videos for language improvement is powerfully motivating because as well as hearing people talk, you...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Physical and mental health for young children
Education & Development

Physical and mental health for young children

...Introduction and guidance: Introduction - This free course, Physical and mental health for young children, lasts 24 hours, with 8 ‘sessions’. You can work through the course at your own pace, so if you have more time one week there is no problem with pushing on to complete a further study session. The eight sessions are linked to ensure a logical flow through the...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...Introduction - This course is the last of 10 courses developed on the theme of community engagement. The courses cover a wide range of topics that should have equipped you with the ability to make good decisions when dealing with members of the public, especially in a community policing setting. This course brings all of these ideas together in one scenario. We strongly...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...Introduction - Development is about change that is a result of human activity, and such change has happened throughout human existence. In this course, you will first examine a particular framing of change processes − that associated with industrialisation and the concept of a ‘modern’ society. The view of development as modernisation emerged clearly in the 1950s...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Seeing institutions in different ways
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing institutions in different ways

...Introduction - The central focus of development studies is how social and economic change can be achieved successfully. Critical to this success is institutional development, as it is through developments in institutions that development in the policies that drive change can be achieved. However, institutions are rich and complex phenomena, and institutional development...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs