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Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...Introduction - What is graffiti? Is it art, vandalism or a form of popular protest? This course, which is based on materials from Y031, the Open University’s Arts and languages Access module, introduces you to contrasting understandings of graffiti. It draws on a wide range of different examples of graffiti, including mystery zebras in Hackney, fish graffiti in...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Doping: a contemporary sports issue case study

...Introduction - In this course, doping (performance enhancing drugs, or PEDs) is used as an example of how contemporary issues in sport might be studied. Doping is used to illustrate how you can think about the debates involved in an issue and this will help you develop appropriate skills to discuss other contemporary issues in sport. Critical thinking is an essential part...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What is a metal?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a metal?

...Introduction - You will have little hesitation in distinguishing the metal blade of a kitchen knife from the handle which is probably made of plastic or wood. But what really distinguishes a metal from a non-metal? Metals are used in many different ways, such as in jewellery, pots and pans and in wires for conducting electricity and you can probably think of many other...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
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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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