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60 second adventures in microgravity
Science, Maths & Technology

60 second adventures in microgravity

...University's Science courses. Why do astronauts float on the space station? Contrary to popular belief, it isn't because there's no gravity. The gravitational pull of the Earth is almost as strong in the orbit of the International Space Station as it is on you as you read this. Astronauts are experiencing weightlessness because they are in a microgravity environment. But...
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Video 10 mins
Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five ways in which COVID-19 has impacted on progress in global health

...Universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services; and, Target 3.D: Strengthen the capacity of all countries for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks. 1: Disruption to maternal care and reproductive services Target 3.1 of SDG3 aims to reduce the global maternal...
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Article 15 mins
Empires: power, resistance, legacies
History & The Arts

Empires: power, resistance, legacies

...University course A328 Empire: power, resistance, legacies. Course image information: oil painting on cotton cloth depicting the Battle of Adwa, 2 March 1896. The image shows Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia (centre) and Empress Taitu (bottom left) leading their troops to victory against the Italian army. You can find out more about this history in Session 3. Image: British...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom
Society, Politics & Law

Expert evidence and forensic science in the courtroom

...University course W250 Evidence law...This free course gives an overview of the law of expert evidence, including practice and procedure, the duties and liabilities of experts, the question of how non-experts can adjudicate between the views of experts, and the increasing mathematisation of scientific evidence. The various issues are finally brought together in a case...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engaging with children and young people
Money & Business

Engaging with children and young people

...University in association with the Police Service of Northern Ireland. ...Engaging with children and young people: Introduction - Perhaps more than any other engagement, the first encounter that a young person has with police can form their perception for years to come. Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children 2013-2014, Baroness Massey of Darwen, is clear...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
The American Civil Rights Movement
History & The Arts

The American Civil Rights Movement

...University course A113 Revolutionsand is part of a set of four OpenLearn courses, covering Revolutions of the Sixties. Transcript...The American Civil Rights Movement: Introduction - In the mid-1950s a mass movement developed in opposition to racial discrimination in the United States. This struggle reached its zenith in the early 1960s, when a series of non-violent...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
A brief history of advertising
Money & Business

A brief history of advertising

...University's Business and Management courses In 1477 William Caxton printed what could be described as Britain’s first advert, for a book called The Pyes of Salisbury. But advertising goes back much earlier than Caxton’s days; almost certainly it emerged alongside trading. From simply displaying ones wares outside, to painting murals to entice customers, the roots of...
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Ynglŷn â 'Barod ar gyfer Prifysgol'
Education & Development

Ynglŷn â 'Barod ar gyfer Prifysgol'

...mwy am fywyd prifysgol. Ewch ar daith o gwmpas i archwilio'r holl gefnogaeth wahanol sydd ar gael. Crëwyd Barod ar gyfer Prifysgol gyda chefnogaeth Lywodraeth Cymru, yn cynnwys cyfraniadau gan brifysgolion yng Nghymru. [university ready - white back ] Mae'r adnodd hwn yn rhan o'r hwb Barod ar gyfer Prifysgol. Gallwch ddod o hyd i fwy o adnoddau fel hyn ar hafan yr hwb....
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