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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
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...Introduction - This course investigates certain philosophical issues concerning imagination, creativity and the relationships between them, and considers the conceptions and varieties of imaginative experience. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...Imagination: the missing mystery of philosophy: Learning outcomes - After...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...Introduction - At some point in your life, you have probably tried to see how long you could hold your breath. It most likely took about 30 seconds before you felt the need to breathe. Free-divers, people who descend deep underwater without any breathing equipment, can hold their breath for much longer. In July 2016, William Trubridge set a world record in unassisted...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...Introduction - This course focuses on expressing your own food and drink preferences, and explores meal times and eating habits in German-speaking countries. You will read and hear about a range of types of food and drink. You will also find out how to order and pay for things in cafes and restaurants. Most importantly, you will find out what it’s like to read and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...Introduction - This free course looks at various aspects of shape and space. It uses a lot of mathematical vocabulary, so you should make sure that you are clear about the precise meaning of words such as circumference, parallel, similar and cross-section. You may find it helpful to note down the meaning of each new word, perhaps illustrating it with a diagram. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dominic Weston - Earth in Vision

...managed, worked at and is almost just like programme making all over again but in just a looser way that it’s discovered. There are websites already and resources that look at cataloguing selected clips of wildlife and selected images to make that available, and I think already they find it hard to reach an audience. So I think there is huge potential but that also...
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Video 30 mins
General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...managed politics and we want good, justified performances. Glenda Jackson agrees. GLENDA JACKSON I do sometimes sit and fulminate when I’m watching either PMQs or questions to Ministers, MPs stand up and they haven’t rehearsed their question, and there’s a kind of lot of humming and ahhing and taking ages to get to the point. MICHAEL SAWARD So what is a citizen to...
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Activity 5 mins