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What is the genome made of?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is the genome made of?

...study in Science...What is the genome made of?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the basic composition and structure of DNA understand what is meant by complementary DNA base pairing understand how base pairing allows a mechanism for DNA replication understand the number of DNA molecules within a chromosome...What is the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...study cells and tissues at a microscopic level, and accurately diagnose diseases such as cancer. This free course, Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease, will help you understand the basic principles of light microscopy, before introducing you to histology, concentrating on the structure, function and relationship of normal human tissues. As part of the course you...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...study and practice of politics...This free course, What is politics?, introduces you to the world of politics. It is dedicated primarily to answering the question of what politics is. Although the question might seem rather simple, it elicits various, often contradictory responses. As you will realise, in politics as in much of the humanities and social sciences...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...studies from the late eighteenth century onwards...Race is not biological. It is a social construction. Yet we know that in our contemporary world and in history, this construction has real consequences. From enslavement and colonisation to resistance and revolution, the stories of people of colour are often left untold in accounts of the past. This free course,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?
Education & Development

Networked practitioner: open or closed practice?

...study or for work, often places us in the position of sharing information or conducting activities with people we do not know. Constraining or anticipating the way information is exchanged is problematic in a digital age. Decisions about online privacy and identity are issues that affect everyone, including students using the internet for learning. In this short course,...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...study here. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Science...Animals at the extremes: The desert environment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: define and use, or recognise definitions and applications of, each of the bold terms provide examples that show there is a continuum of desert climates and environments...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Understanding mental capacity Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Understanding mental capacity

...skills. You can read more on how to study the course, and about badges, in the next sections. After completing this course, you should be able to: explain what is meant by mental capacity apply your knowledge about mental capacity to different scenarios and outline how to support and/or assess capacity for decision making in each case outline what is involved in a mental...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...skills and provides some of the knowledge needed to interpret such pictorial sources...Besides being simple mementos, family photographs can offer insights into the past. This free course, Picturing the family, looks at some of the ways photographs can reveal, and sometimes conceal, important information about the past. It teaches the skills and provides some of the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs