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Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture
History & The Arts

Exploring the boundaries between religion and culture

...Introduction - People have very different ideas about what counts as religion or spirituality. Some might even think of other people’s religions as superstition. The following questions would make perfect sense to people in some religions but seem utterly bizarre to others. You might like to consider whether you would answer them positively or negatively. Do you eat...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Moons of our Solar System Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Moons of our Solar System

...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. The Open University would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to tell us about yourself and your expectations for the course before you begin, in our optional start-of-course...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...Introduction - Modern communication technology amalgamates many areas of knowledge such as electronics, radio-frequency engineering, information theory, cryptography, and signal processing. Nevertheless, some basic principles and recurring themes underpin much communications technology, and this free course, Exploring communications technology, concentrates on them. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...managing to achieve it in their industrial sectors. FB: First of all, I think, while we all acknowledge the momentum in the renewable energy, we may be missing what’s happening on the energy efficiency sector as the… It is not so easy to observe and track. Many countries are pushing an energy efficiency button on the household appliances, on cars, on trucks and on...
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Audio 5 mins
Public health approaches to infectious disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Public health approaches to infectious disease

...Introduction - This course focuses on the strategies available in the twenty-first century to tackle major infectious diseases, including pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, HIV/AIDS, measles, tuberculosis and infections of the newborn. Infection poses a major threat to public health all over the world, but it disproportionately affects children in low- and middle-income...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Michael Jacobs - Stories of Change

...managed to get China and the rest of the world to do it as well.’ So for him the international agreement is a crucial part of it. RH: So we’re here now in Bonn, the next set of talks is in Paris, the big talks where the leaders will turn up; where do you think the sticking points still lie? MJ: It’s still difficult to find an agreement that all countries feel...
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Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...Introduction - Have you ever thought about how long you might live? In the UK and in many other parts of the world, most people can expect to live longer than their parents and grandparents did. A baby born in 2011 is almost eight times more likely to live to be 100 than one born in 1931 (Department of Work and Pensions, 2011). The World Health Organization estimates that...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...Introduction - The optimistic approach to a problem is to view it as a challenge and an opportunity – a chance to make progress. In this course, the nature of problems is explored by looking at the way they are used as a stimulus for finding solutions. It is presumed from the start that you want to be involved in the process of finding solutions and that you are not...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs