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For some people, staying awake might help fight depression
Health, Sports & Psychology

For some people, staying awake might help fight depression

...writing, which she’d like to pick up again, and inviting me to stay with her in Sicily. How could something as simple as staying awake overnight bring about such a transformation? Unpicking the mechanism isn’t straightforward: we still don’t fully understand the nature of depression or the function of sleep, both of which involve multiple areas of the brain. But...
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Article 15 mins
An introduction to visualising development data
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to visualising development data

...write”, or create, charts came from middle school years. Somehow, we just “know” how to read most charts, or make sense of them, even if they are new to us, don’t we? For example, how would you read the chart shown below? [A bar chart showing comparison of world bank indicator values] This sort of chart is known as a bar chart. Each bar relates to a different...
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Video 45 mins
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...writing MMR: 1+1+1 3 on a window – echoing memorable scenes from the film Beautiful Mind in which Russell Crowe, playing mathematician John Nash, covers his windows with mathematical equations. Activity 4 What do you think? Was Channel Five irresponsible to dramatise the MMR–autism controversy, lending credibility to a scientifically discredited viewpoint? Or is it...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...write a few sentences in the spaces below summarising what you have learned, what you still feel you need to improve and how you might do that. This activity can identify areas for revision. Differentiate between null and alternative hypotheses for evaluations. Understand one-tailed or two-tailed tests in hypothesis testing. Understand when to use z-tests vs. t-tests....
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Cultures
Languages

Cultures

...write an introduction and a conclusion...Cultures: 1 En avant la musique! - Dans cette session vous allez aborder la question des musiques traditionnelles et francophones et examiner la place qu’elles occupent dans le monde de la création artistique. De la chanson normande au slam bordelais, en passant par le rock louisianais, vous goûterez à la diversité de ce que...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...Write some notes explaining why traditional cost and management accounting systems may not provide adequate support for customer relationship marketing and what the likely adverse consequences of this failure might be. Discussion Customer relationship marketing (CRM) requires knowledge/understanding of customer profitability, rather than just turnover/revenue, since the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Advanced German: Regional landscapes
Languages

Advanced German: Regional landscapes

...write a short piece about the three-nations region around Lake Constance...German regions and landscapes, local traditions and the notion of Heimat are at the centre of this free course, Advanced German: Regional landscapes. You will describe images, make notes from a variety of sources, and write a short piece about the three-nations region around Lake...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Geological processes in the British Isles
Science, Maths & Technology

Geological processes in the British Isles

...Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources for permission to reproduce material in this course: Course image: Katrina Br*?#*!@nd in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. Figure 1 John Watson/Open University; Figure 3a–c T.H. Torsvik...
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Level 2: Intermediate 9 hrs