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An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...study of technology that doesn’t exist yet, and artificial general intelligence is a machine that will be as intelligent or more intelligent than a human being and can do the full range of tasks a human could do. So, to give some examples from the movies. The most famous are the Terminators, which are bad! Then there’s also the very famous killer computer from 2001,...
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Exploring equality and equity in education
Education & Development

Exploring equality and equity in education

...studying this course, you should be able to: delineate different understandings of equality in education give some examples of inequalities in different cultures and jurisdictions...Exploring equality and equity in education: 1 Equality and you - Across jurisdictions and cultures, there are different policies and practices which result in some people finding it difficult...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Icarus: entering the world of myth
History & The Arts

Icarus: entering the world of myth

...study the way in which Ovid’s Icarus myth has been reworked and transformed by later poets and painters...This free course, Icarus: entering the world of myth, will introduce you to one of the best-known myths from classical antiquity and its various re-tellings in later periods. You will begin by examining how the Icarus story connects with a number of other ancient...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses
Society, Politics & Law

The 2015 Autumn Statement: First responses

...skills, the ideas and the infrastructure that fuel long-term prosperity. Osborne talks about “rebuilding Britain” and that the economy is “motoring ahead”, but he ignores that we have had the slowest economic recovery since the industrial revolution. The economy would have been more prosperous if he had buried his head in the sand and done absolutely nothing since...
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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

...skilled care in a health facility prior to the pandemic. Figure 1: Percentage of live births delivering at a health facility in the five years preceding the Demographic Health Survey in nine African countries Data taken from the Demographic Health surveys of Kenya (2014), Malawi (2015-16), Mozambique (2011), Nigeria (2018), South Africa (2016), Tanzania (2015-16), Uganda...
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Capacity and demand management
Society, Politics & Law

Capacity and demand management

...skill when decision-making. In this course you will take a look at capacity planning decisions as an example of effective data use. It seems obvious that resource plans should not be created without an understanding of the demand for resource, but you will find that demand is not always measured, or collated in a way that is not helpful to decision-making. This course...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...studying this course...What influenced Goya? Did Napoleon's invasion of Spain alter the course of Goya's career? This free course will guide you through the works of Goya and the influences of the times in which he lived. Anyone with a desire to look for the influences behind a work of art will benefit from studying this course....Goya: Introduction - What influenced...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Justice, fairness and mediation
Money & Business

Justice, fairness and mediation

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the various ways in which fairness and justice can be perceived understand the concept of restorative justice appreciate various forms of alternative dispute resolution reflect on the value of mediation to resolve community disputes...Justice, fairness and mediation: 1 What’s fair for me may not seem fair to you...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs