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Basic science: understanding experiments
Science, Maths & Technology

Basic science: understanding experiments

...change their physical state from liquid into a solid. It's straightforward and I'm sure you can guess at least some of the results in advance. But as you will see, the implications of two of the results are amazing. In fact, it's not an exaggeration to say to the experiment reveals that the physical properties of one of the liquids you will freeze are fundamental to life...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...Changing the date format...Data analysis: visualisations in Excel: 1.5 Using shortcut keys in Excel - One useful task in Excel is to learn to use shortcut keys. This will speed up your Excel projects, especially when working under pressure in a professional environment. Some shortcut keys are listed below. Try some of these out while reading the list. Table 1 Navigating...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...change your view of a city? Taking Glasgow as an example, you will look at the problem of crime and how misrepresentation can easily occur...This free course, The problem with crime, looks at the issues of order and disorder. Can the way these issues are represented change your view of a city? Taking Glasgow as an example, you will look at the problem of crime and how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Getting started with Chinese 1
Languages

Getting started with Chinese 1

...changes - There are two common tone changes you need to be aware of, but please do not worry if at this stage you find them difficult to detect: 1. When two 3rd-tone syllables are together, the first syllable is usually changed to a 2nd tone. For example, the greeting nǐ hăo, although transcribed with two 3rd tones, is pronounced with a 2nd tone followed by a 3rd tone:...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Textiles in Ghana
History & The Arts

Textiles in Ghana

...changing history of the making of kente and adinkra discuss the role of the market place in the changing history of kente and adinkra making...Textiles in Ghana: 1 The meanings and values of textiles in Ghana - This course looks at three kinds of textile used and marketed in Kumasi and its surrounding towns in Ghana – the hand-made textiles of kente and adinkra and...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Managing my money
Money & Business

Managing my money

...changes in income levels or other financial variables over time, it’s important to know whether figures are in ‘real terms’. Figures that are expressed in ‘real terms’ have been adjusted to take inflation into account, so that we can compare like with like. Let’s look at inflation in a bit more detail. Inflation refers to a sustained increase over time in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Mental health in society
Health, Sports & Psychology

Mental health in society

...changing social and political climate during the 1950s also led to a move away from asylum-based mental health care. An open-door movement developed with the aim of unlocking the doors and literally opening up the institutions. It was partly triggered by the Second World War experiences of dealing with traumatised refugees and armed forces personnel. The closure of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...climate of the time in which the historian was writing rather than that of the time being studied. In most cases this involves a relationship between the way in which research interests and questions are formulated and the kinds of issues active in the surrounding environment. Crafts and Harley formulated their revision of rapid, large-scale industrial growth in the late...
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Article 10 mins