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Learning, thinking and doing
Science, Maths & Technology

Learning, thinking and doing

...types of skills then you are strongly advised to get a copy of The Sciences Good Study Guide by Northedge, Thomas, Lane and Peasgood, 1997, Open University. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Engineering...Learning, thinking and doing: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: assess personal learning styles and...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...de Vil, villains are often the most thrilling aspect of a story and can be more exciting than the hero. It is argued that ‘villainy is integral in narratives that reflect the innermost fears of the human psyche and is often a significant part of the construction of loss whether it is loss of innocence, loss of loved ones, loss of power, or loss of self and/or...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...Type ‘mental capacity training’ into a search engine and browse through the results, making notes if necessary. Look at what the courses cover (including which nations of the UK), who they are aimed at and whether they cost or are free of charge. Comment You probably noticed that your search brought up a range of courses. Some are free, others charge. Most are aimed...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can rabies be eliminated from Asia by 2020?

...type, horse immunoglobulin is the only kind available to most low-income countries. Yet complying with India’s strict animal welfare laws can be expensive, according to Dr Anand Kumar, deputy managing director of Indian Immunologicals Ltd. The pharmaceutical firm is India's largest producer of both human and animal rabies vaccines but stopped producing rabies...
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Article 10 mins
In smokiest Sheffield
History & The Arts

In smokiest Sheffield

...types, which peopled a scene largely laid in Africa. The local New York suggestions were often from Mr. Edward Harrigan, and all the more genuine for that, but there was a final cake-walk which owed its inspiration wholly to the genius of a race destined to greater triumphs in music and art, and perhaps to a kindlier civilization than our ideals have evolved in yet. It...
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Article 10 mins
Marketing communications as a strategic function
Money & Business

Marketing communications as a strategic function

...type of strategy (even if all three exist simultaneously) are likely to work independently of one another in most organisations. This situation is perhaps the major barrier to effective vertical integration of the kind envisaged by Butterfield – just as the proper integration of external marketing communication across different media and techniques is threatened by the...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Hadrian's Rome
History & The Arts

Hadrian's Rome

...types of structures were built and why? And how did the choices that Hadrian made relate to those of his predecessors, and also of his successors?...This free course, Hadrian's Rome, explores the city of Rome during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (117-38 CE). What impact did the emperor have on the appearance of the city? What types of structures were built and why? And...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Introduction to computational thinking
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to computational thinking

...type of science or engineering, and even the arts. Jeannette M. Wing, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (United States) and Head of Microsoft Research International Sounds great that ‘One can major [i.e. graduate] in computer science and do anything’, doesn’t it? Then again, isn’t this miles away from the view of computing as a training...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs