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Getting started with French 2
Languages

Getting started with French 2

...Introduction: Introduction - Bonjour. This two-week course offers you the opportunity to discuss food, your likes and dislikes as well as to shop or order food. Little by little, you will improve your ability to make more sophisticated conversations and to understand more complex language in a variety of different scenarios. You will also find out facts about France and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research
Languages

Following Jareth through the Labyrinth: How Bowie influenced my research

...introduction to Bowie planted the seeds for my later interests and academic obsessions and how the dictatorial character of the king he portrayed reappeared to me when I studied Racine. In conclusion, rather than simply reiterate how Bowie led me on a labyrinthine journey to study the richness of French culture, I will point out how French culture was also an essential...
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Article 5 mins
Freud: The Expert View
Health, Sports & Psychology

Freud: The Expert View

...introduction to the life and works of Sigmund Freud...[Image of Sigmund Freud] Theories don’t emerge from a vacuum. To understand Freud’s ideas it is useful to get some sense of his life. He was born in 1856 and spent most of his life in Vienna; only moving to London in the last year of his life to escape the hostility of the Nazis. While there is every evidence (for...
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Article 10 mins
Empowering communities
Money & Business

Empowering communities

...Introduction - All communities have the capacity to grow and develop, but for some reason not all communities do so. In order to understand at least one of the reasons for behind this, this course will look at the topic of community empowerment. It will start by defining the key parameters of community empowerment and some of the most common forms, before looking at the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Fire ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Fire ecology

...Introduction - This course explores the role of fire as an agent of natural disturbance in ecosystems. Many terrestrial ecosystems around the world are fire-prone and fire, or more specifically, the fire regime, controls their composition and structure. Factors such as climate, vegetation type and the source of ignition differ among ecosystems and affect aspects of the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...introduction of comprehensive education, this was abolished and now every pupil had access to a post-primary education. This meant that education could be more inclusive, as children were no longer segregated by an unfair exam. A new, more liberal curriculum was also introduced to give pupils a broader education which was accessible to all (Paterson, 2020). It was...
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Article 10 mins
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...Introduction - In this free course, Assistive technologies and online learning, you will explore some of the technology that disabled students use when accessing computers. We will take a look at the tools and techniques that make it possible for disabled students to engage with online learning. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
People-centred designing
Science, Maths & Technology

People-centred designing

...introduction to engineering, manufacturing and business studies...Designed products surround us all and range from bus tickets to buildings. This free course, People-centred designing, focuses firmly on usability and the increasingly important phenomenon of people-centred design. It aims to inform consumers of design (i.e., all of us) about this crucial characteristic of...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs