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Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...children – lose their lives. In the 1960s, it was widely believed that the threat to health from infectious diseases would be overcome by advances in methods of prevention and treatment. Unfortunately these predictions have proved to be optimistic because of the rapidly increasing threat from ‘emerging infectious diseases’. This first session of the course presents...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: hibernation and torpor

...centres implicated in controlling seasonal changes in physiology and behaviour. The annual cycle that governs entry into and exit from hibernation is also under the control of internal physiological systems. For example, as the bodies of hibernating male squirrels return to normal in the spring, a sustained, increased secretion of sex hormones prevents return to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: A Caster Semenya reading list

...research will resolve this contentious issue. ‘What are we trying to prove? Science is driven by research and the binary division between female and male. The current system for sports competition is based on two categories, male and female, but we must realise that the boundaries are not binary. We need to be careful and need to be inclusive. If we set a threshold for...
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Video 10 mins
Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rio 2016: Green pools, drug cheats, sexism and nationality - A short reading list

...Centre for Olympic Studies of Canada's Western University, takles aim at "sex-testing": The IOC's most recent policy, quietly adopted in January of this year, focuses on the level of testosterone in females. The IOC has decided that one single determining factor, testosterone, is the latest and greatest marker for determining sex, even though research has shown there is...
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Article 5 mins
Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials
Languages

Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials

...Centre for Languages and Cultures short course, LG002 Chinese business culture essentials. After completing this free course, you may wish to register for the full course to continue your learning!...Getting started with Chinese business culture essentials: Introduction - China is the world’s most populated country, with a continuous culture stretching back 5000 years....
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...centre in the medulla of the brain. The intercostal muscles are located in the ribcage. They receive neuronal inputs from intercostal nerves that arise from the thoracic nerves of the spinal cord. The bronchi and bronchioles are also surrounded by smooth muscle cells that contract and dilate to regulate the amount of air that passes down to the alveoli. Activity 2...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
Education & Development

An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language

...children. Reports of sign language in the UK go as far back as 1570 when it was used in secular communities. Its popularity has grown exponentially over the years and now there are thousands of non-deaf people in the UK who can use BSL. Until the 1940’s sign language would be passed on from person to person through families and deaf communities, but it was not...
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Video 20 mins
Work and mental health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Work and mental health

...Centre for Mental Health, 2013). In this free course, Work and mental health, you will look at some of the ways in which employment affects mental health and what can be done to support people in finding and keeping work...Although being at work during periods of mental illness can be difficult for those with mental health problems, most people with these difficulties...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs