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Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...studying and using statistics. The good news is that these days, when we carry out statistics in social science, very little of it is done by hand. Instead, we use a computer programme to do most of the hard work for us. The most common computer software that we use for carrying out statistics in the social sciences is the aptly named: Statistical Package for the Social...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish

...studies to a higher level...Welcome to this free course, Intermediate Spanish: Understanding spoken Spanish, which is aimed at intermediate learners of Spanish with an interest in language and culture. The six-hour course is designed to develop your understanding of spoken Spanish through six video portraits of people living in Spain. It introduces you to naturally spoken...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Delacroix
History & The Arts

Delacroix

...study Delacroix's early career, his classical background, the development of Romantic ideas and their incorporation into his work. You will have the opportunity to study some of his most important paintings and compare them to works favouring a Neoclassical approach. You will also be able to see how his themes, subjects and style were influenced by Romantic ideas, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Quantitative and qualitative research in finance
Money & Business

Quantitative and qualitative research in finance

...study interviews with active researchers and activities to help you understand data sources and sampling...What are the key features of qualitative and quantitative research in finance? What do they involve in practical terms, and what they can produce? This free course, Quantitative and qualitative research in finance, explores the underpinning methodologies, then looks...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Aquatic mammals
Nature & Environment

Aquatic mammals

...study them, consider their evolutionary history and read about human impacts on one iconic group...Mammals come in a bewildering variety of shapes and sizes and yet all of the 4700 or so species have some characteristics in common, which justifies the inclusion of diverse types within a single group. Although mammals evolved on land, a number of species have become...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...study in Arts and Humanities...Two concepts of freedom: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: distinguish between negative and positive concepts of freedom understand the main points in Isaiah Berlin's article ‘Two Concepts of Liberty’ recognise emotive language, to distinguish between necessary truths and contingent facts, and to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
EPQs: why give a presentation?
Education & Development

EPQs: why give a presentation?

...available online to help you prepare and give good presentations. Here are two from the Open University that you might find useful: Communicating and presenting: skills for OU study Giving presentations [Extended Project Qualification banner]This article is part of our ‘EPQ - helps and tips’ series. Click here to view the other articles or find them listed below....
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Article 5 mins
Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...skill agricultural and manufacturing. Even so, the global economic cost of reduced productivity may be more than US $2 trillion by 2030. “Climate change can worsen air quality by triggering fires and dust storms and promoting certain chemical reactions causing respiratory illness and other health problems” India and China are two of the worst affected economies. By...
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