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Introducing engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing engineering

...Introduction - Today's engineering society has developed step by step. Engineers have always worked within a context of scientific knowledge, available skills and tools, and set rules that govern their behaviour. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to some of the basics of engineering and to explore how engineering is done. Of course, you will first need to...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...Introduction - For most athletes the journey to attaining expertise in sport frequently begins with an active childhood and taking an interest in sport from an early age. So what makes us sporty or active? Think back to your own early experiences of physical activity. Who played your first game of catch with you or taught you to ride your bike? The answer to these...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...Introduction - This course looks at two aspects of microbes. The first section covers the way that bacteria cause disease and how they can become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them. The second covers the important role that microbes play in treating sewage to purify the water so that it can be returned to rivers or to the sea. This OpenLearn course is an...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Legal skills and debates in Scotland

...manage your digital badges online from My OpenLearn. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn statement of participation - which also displays your Open University badge. ...Week 1: What is law?: Introduction - During this week you consider and explore what law is. Law plays a central role in society and is influenced by social, political and economic...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales
Languages

Language on the move: Migrating literature and Zachary Richard’s Cajun tales

...Introduction The history of the Cajuns, the French-speaking minority living in Cajun Country, or Acadiana, in southwest Louisiana, is a story about transnational migration which reaches 400 years into the past. Eighteenth-century Acadian history, especially, features prominently in the Cajuns’ collective consciousness today. In Cajun Country, local legend has it that...
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Article 15 mins
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...introduction of Shakespeare into German by Lessing, and the translation of his works by Wieland and Schlegel, that the rapid burst of German literature was most intimately connected. It was not until the nineteenth century, whose speculative genius is a sort of living Hamlet, that the tragedy of Hamlet should find such wondering readers. Now, literature, philosophy, and...
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Article 15 mins
Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Supporting children and young people's wellbeing

...Introduction - This free course, Supporting children and young people’s wellbeing, introduces different ways of understanding wellbeing as well as related concepts such as resilience. There is a wide a variety of practices and services that provide support for children and young people’s wellbeing and this course also explores how they can make a difference to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Sir David Attenborough - Earth in Vision

...managed to get natural playgrounds for children, which is tragic. So why does it matter? The trouble is if you don’t know what it’s like to be cold, if you don’t know what it’s like to be tired and weary, if you don’t know what it’s like to paddle in mud, these things tend to be just pretty pictures. If you live a total urban existence and you hardly ever hear...
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Video 40 mins