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Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...Introduction - The aim of this free course, Sporting women in the media, is to explore how and why gender discrimination and gender inequalities exist in sport and to investigate some of the implications. There might be some biological differences which means that males and females don’t compete against each other in all sports, but these do not explain or justify why...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Health and safety in the laboratory and field
Science, Maths & Technology

Health and safety in the laboratory and field

...Introduction - This course is designed to introduce you to the concepts of health and safety within a science laboratory or in the field. There are a number of legal requirements that must be adhered to before carrying out work in a laboratory. One of these is the necessity to carry out risk assessments on the chemical and biological agents that are to be used as part of...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Assessment in secondary science
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary science

...Introduction - This free course, Assessment in secondary science, will identify and explore some of the key issues around assessment in secondary school science. Engaging with these issues and debates will help you to reflect upon and develop your practice as a science teacher. You will also develop a greater awareness of the role of assessment in science education. In...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
A question of ethics: right or wrong?
Health, Sports & Psychology

A question of ethics: right or wrong?

...managing relationships, and the responsibilities of coaches and instructors in fostering trust, integrity, and character development...This free course, A question of ethics: right or wrong?, discusses ethical and professional principles in sport and fitness environments. Working closely with individuals and developing relationships is an inherent and often satisfying...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems
Nature & Environment

Introducing the environment: Ecology and ecosystems

...Introduction - This course starts by looking at ecosystems and at some of the living and non-living components they contain. We will then move on to look at the importance of being able to identify and name the living things in an ecosystem, and examine some of the ways in which we can start to record some of the interactions between them. But we must never forget that we...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...Introduction - This course is designed to help you develop the analytical skills needed for studying literary texts at university level. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Arts and Humanities...Approaching prose fiction: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise and discuss selected library texts from the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...Introduction - Most of us today take photographs for our family albums. The lucky ones among us have also inherited family photographs from the past. These photographs provide another type of record that can offer insights into our family history. But what can they tell us? How can we elicit the information they hold? And how do we analyse or evaluate that information?...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Manufacturing
Science, Maths & Technology

Manufacturing

...Introduction - How are designs turned into products? What resources, materials and methods used and what set of activities that goes under the heading of 'manufacturing'? This course will introduce manufacturing as a system and will describe some of the many different ways of making products. We will illustrate how the required properties of the materials in a product...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs