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In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...history of the universe from the Big Bang to the present. Requirements You do not need a professional telescope for this course, but you may find at least a pair of binoculars extremely useful. No prior experience of the subject is required. This OpenLearn science course is produced with the kind support of Dangoor Education, the educational arm of The Exilarch's...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Sporting women in the media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Sporting women in the media

...history. Just doesn’t. I mean there are gejillions of examples of how that’s not true. So if you don’t wanna look at masculinity and you don’t wanna question your gender, it shouldn’t stop you then from helping out – no, I take it back. You should question. Question everything. HELEN OWTON: Yes, you should. I agree. Thank you Katie. It’s been a fantastic...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...history was made by males. At the moment that women are beginning to share in the making of the world, this world still belongs to men: men have no doubt about this, and women barely doubt it. Refusing to be the Other, refusing complicity with man, would mean renouncing all the advantages an alliance with the superior caste confers on them. Lord-man will materially...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivation, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course could encourage you to think about taking other courses...Introduction and guidance: How to get a badge - Getting a badge is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Working in the voluntary sector Badge icon
Society, Politics & Law

Working in the voluntary sector

...family, your community or society? What are the roles of different types of organisation within the voluntary sector? The concept of role is key to understanding organisations. Many of the topics covered in this course are issues or activities that are relevant to other areas of life beyond a job or formal volunteering. You may have attended a public meeting and asked a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Intermediate Italian: describing people
Languages

Intermediate Italian: describing people

...family was Jewish and her mother’s was Catholic, but she was brought up an atheist. In 1919 the family moved to Turin, where the Levi household became a meeting place for many intellectuals who opposed Mussolini. Natalia studied at the University of Turin. In 1938 she married the political activist Leone Ginzburg. The Ginzburgs spent some years in Abruzzo, where Leone...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
Money & Business

Hybrid working: skills for leadership

...families sharing spaces so cramped people had to work on beds to complete their tasks. The pandemic served to ‘Lift the veil of ignorance’ (philosopher John Rawls, 1970, quoted in Gratton, 2022, p. 6) as leaders faced similar difficulties to their employees; this brought about a much deeper empathy very quickly, something that had, up to this point, been difficult to...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere
Science, Maths & Technology

Icy bodies: Europa and elsewhere

...history of our changing perceptions of the icy satellites, examines the available evidence for their internal structures, and considers the niches offered for life to begin and to be sustained. In this context, the 'habitable zone' embraces settings devoid of both sunlight and an atmosphere. These are areas where life could survive on the energy from chemical reactions...
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Level 2: Intermediate 17 hrs