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The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...Introduction - The MMR dispute is of enormous public significance and this course helps unravel why this has been an area of such dispute. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in Science...The MMR vaccine: Public health, private fears: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand more of the scientific factors...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

COVID-19: Immunology, vaccines and epidemiology

...Introduction - This week, you will be introduced to a range of acute and chronic viral infections, focusing on acute viral infections. You will take a close look at influenza-A and SARS-CoV2, the causative agent of COVID-19, as key examples – not just because of the recent pandemic but also because they are very informative. The role of antibodies in protection against...
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Level 2: Intermediate 24 hrs
Teaching the First World War
Education & Development

Teaching the First World War

...Introduction - This session was written by Annika Mombauer. Determining why the First World War broke out has exercised historians ever since the first shots were fired in the summer of 1914. For students, this is a topic rich in documents to analyse, but also one that really emphasises that to study history is more than just to study facts, figures and events. It is a...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Social construction and social constructionism
Society, Politics & Law

Social construction and social constructionism

...Introduction - This course will help you understand the expressions social construction and social constructionism. These terms are used in the study of the Social Sciences and, in particular, in relation to Social Policy. The materials are primarily an audio file, originally 28 minutes in length and recorded in 2001. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
The problem with crime
Society, Politics & Law

The problem with crime

...Introduction - The material presented here raises general themes of order and disorder, the way they are represented or signified, and the place of crime in these representations. The material is based upon an audio file, originally 29 minutes in length, and examines the problem of crime in relation to the city of Glasgow. It was recorded in 1999. This OpenLearn course...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Remaking the relations of work and welfare
Society, Politics & Law

Remaking the relations of work and welfare

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Social sciences...Remaking the relations of work and welfare: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: outline the ways in which the relations between work and welfare are made and remade in different places and at different times explain how these changing relations...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Everyday English 1
Languages

Everyday English 1

...manage your digital badges online from your OpenLearn Profile. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn Statement of participation – which also displays your badge. This course has been produced as part of the Department for Education’s Flexible Learning Fund, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and with the kind support of Dangoor Education,...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Equity – law and idea
Society, Politics & Law

Equity – law and idea

...Introduction - This free course, Equity – law and idea, is divided into two parts. To begin you will explore the background of equity. The discussion will focus on two interrelated perspectives concerning equity both as a body of laws and idea of justice. One example of why these might be considered ‘interrelated’ is that equity as an idea represents ‘an ethic for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs