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Everyday maths 2
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 2

...manage your digital badges online from your OpenLearn Profile. In addition, you can download and print your OpenLearn Statement of participation – which also displays your badge. This course has been produced as part of the Department for Education’s Flexible Learning Fund and with the kind support of Dangoor Education, the educational arm of The Exilarch’s...
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Free course 48 hrs
Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction
History & The Arts

Agatha Christie and the golden age of detective fiction

...Introduction - English Literature reached new mass audiences in Britain in the first decades of the twentieth century, as widespread literacy, and a lack of competition from other media – cinema and radio were in their infancy – encouraged commercial diversification and the development of popular genre fiction. When we think of literature as a popular cultural form,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...Introduction - This course covers how science can make fingerprints easier to study, how they are used in court and some of the questions about the extent to which fingerprint identification is sound and scientific. Visible fingerprints can be photographed conventionally but an important scientific problem is how to make 'latent' fingerprints, which are not visible to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing
Education & Development

Professionals negotiating different ways of knowing

...manage these uncomfortable feelings. Kathy found herself reflecting on her evolving identity which meant developing ideas within her writing. Academic writers talk about ‘voice’ in their work. Kathy advises thinking about the voice you use when writing, how this impacts on what you say and how you say it. There are other experiences that made a huge difference to Dr...
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Article 5 mins
James Smith - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

James Smith - Earth in Vision

...managed to start working in television, but I think from that moment I wanted to try and do what I could and highlight some of the issues that were affecting the planet. What inspired me Ooh, I mean I think the Attenborough series are obvious, aren’t they? They created an awareness and love for the natural world which I think is very important. It’s difficult, I...
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Video 30 mins
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring how migration changes the places where we live

...manage this change. However, UK cities have not traditionally had a strong voice in migration debates and migration has not always figured strongly in discussions around how to shape the future of communities. This reflects the narrowness of the migration debate, which often reinforces polarisation and oversimplification. Incorporating a wider range of voices and...
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Article 15 mins
Eating for the environment
Nature & Environment

Eating for the environment

...Introduction - Many discourses on food security have focused on feeding 9 billion people by 2050. Organisations such as the World Bank have picked up this challenge and directed their investment in agriculture to produce more food to feed more people (World Bank, 2012). The focus on increasing the production of food is now deep-rooted within food policy. However, food...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...Introduction - This course will deal with reception of music from a number of different perspectives, all of which involve consideration of cultural contexts outside Europe. We will consider reception both in general, cross-cultural perspective and in the specific case of Sundanese wayang golék (rod-puppet theatre), and we will consider the influence of both social and...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs