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Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...creatively. The PHASES team has highlighted a series of trials of tenofovir gel, which can protect women from HIV when applied inside the vagina, as one particularly innovative model. To learn about the drug’s safety and dosing during pregnancy, a team of scientists based at the University of Pittsburgh gave a single dose of the gel to 16 pregnant women who had been...
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Article 15 mins
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...creative about that, being authentic about that, and then, as I said, making sure that we actually do something with the information. And it's not only that, it's closing the loop and going back to say, we did hear you, this is what we're going to do. Then, you need to come back further down the line-- six months, 12 months, 18 months-- and say, can you see the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...write the units in cm, m, km etc. One other important thing to note is that before you work out the perimeter of any shape, you must make sure all the measurements are given in the same units. If, for example, two lengths are given in cm and one is given in mm, you must convert them all to the same unit before you work out the total. It doesn’t usually matter which...
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Free course 48 hrs
Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth
Education & Development

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

...write down your thoughts in response to the following questions. What is there to know in your professional context that could potentially be the subject of your research? (Be guided by what you would be interested in finding out). Where might you look in order to investigate it? Why? (Consider whether you think there is a single reality to be identified and measured, or...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting

...write a definition 15 minutes [Quiz] Activity 12 Drawbacks of traditional management accounting Answer the questions 15 minutes This free course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B253 and related to the Open University qualification BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance...Fundamentals of cost accounting and environmental management accounting: Learning...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to social work law
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to social work law

...Write up to five words or phrases, or draw images that come to mind when you hear the term ‘social worker’. Try to put down words or phrases that you associate with social workers; or you could ask a friend or family member for their response. A social worker ... Now separate your responses into positive and negative attributes. Ask yourself what may have influenced...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Exploring evidence-based policing
Money & Business

Exploring evidence-based policing

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Images Course Image: courtesy Police Service of Northern Ireland Figure 1:...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
General principles of cellular communication
Science, Maths & Technology

General principles of cellular communication

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged below is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence). Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image: STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/Science Photo Library Figure 4: Islam, M.S.,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs