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Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...technology has improved, a mechanical, quantitative measure like '16 matching characteristics' asks as many questions as it answers. Among them is the vital question of whether there are any major differences between the prints as well as the matches. The ideal solution is to be able to compare the whole of a print with one on a database with complete reliability. That is...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...education authorities. However, it is unlikely that these factors significantly affected the overall results. In a letter to The Lancet, Dr Wakefield criticised the Taylor study on three grounds (Wakefield 1999). He claimed that the statistical methodology used (‘case-series’) was inappropriate to detect temporal associations between vaccination and conditions, such...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
An introduction to energy resources
Nature & Environment

An introduction to energy resources

...technological standpoints, with a focus on the uses, limitations and consequences of using energy that is available to humanity. This course sets the scene by considering how much energy human society uses and the basic concepts of energy, work, power and efficiency, then briefly investigates the different types of energy available, their sources and renewability. This...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...education, or health. If the “scoring system” is fair, it should also provide us with a means of comparing one country or region with another, even if those countries have different sizes of population or cover different land areas. Transcript Making comparisons the fair way Making comparisons in a fair way is one of the major aims of statistics. According to Hans...
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Video 45 mins
An introduction to geology
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to geology

...technology. Now, a lot of the things that go into that technology came from the Earth, so that means it’s also crammed full of geology. So, the first thing we’ve got out is the screen. And, like a lot of things we’ve seen so far in the course, the screen’s just glass. Glass is made of quartz – silicon dioxide – just ordinary sand. But, like a lot of modern...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is heritage?
History & The Arts

What is heritage?

...Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. This course concentrates on the ways in which these two very different entities, in two very different places, can both be understood as ‘heritage’. [Described image] Figure 1 The Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photographed by Walter Bibikow. Photo: © Jon...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
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Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...educational well-being of the community. The courses also provide another way of helping you to progress from informal to formal learning. To complete a course you need to be able to find about 24 hours of study time, over a period of about 8 weeks. However, it is possible to study them at any time, and at a pace to suit you. Badged courses are all available on The Open...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...education of their children and even practising it themselves (Alberti, 1966 [1435], pp. 65–6). Such arguments served to vindicate painting in the minds of status-conscious patrons; they also struck a blow for the status of painters. Traditionally, a division had been drawn between the manual arts (or crafts), undertaken to earn a living and depending on practical...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs