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Exploring issues in women's health
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring issues in women's health

...world might change quite radically. WOMAN 2 I was watching Fleabag recently, and she talks about how women's bodies are sites of pain from very early on. And I think we should celebrate the fact that we're kind of free from bleeding every month. And actually free from male sexual attention might not be such a bad thing. WOMAN I think if it was men that had periods instead...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...world. The objective, then, is to teach you the skills you need: in general management for managing financial risks if you are a risk management practitioner. The study of risk management also requires an understanding of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) that apply to how financial instruments are used by organisations to manage financial risks. The...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...World Meteorological Organisation. This course describes how some of these measurements are made and what they can tell scientists about the atmosphere. Meteorology is an observational science and measurements are vital for understanding the weather. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of level 1 study in Environment & Development...Watching the weather: Learning...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Minerals and the crystalline state
Science, Maths & Technology

Minerals and the crystalline state

...world is mostly a crystalline world. This free course, Minerals and the crystalline state, introduces the study of minerals and crystal structures, using online text and interactive activities, including questions and answers, video clips, slidecasts and a Digital Kit...Rocks are made of minerals and, as minerals are natural crystals, the geological world is mostly a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Step up to leadership
Money & Business

Step up to leadership

...world is too complex, organisations are too big and the range of situations in which people might find themselves is simply too diverse for one person to manage. One way of addressing this is through the practice of distributed leadership, sometimes known as shared or collaborative leadership. The idea of distributed leadership first emerged in an educational context but...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Political ordering
Society, Politics & Law

Political ordering

...World War, and then the Second World War, that increased the reach of the state into the daily lives of both men and women, as all aspects of the economy and society were drawn into the war effort on an unprecedented scale: The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Understanding water quality
Nature & Environment

Understanding water quality

...world where there is climate change. This free course, Understanding water quality, helps explain the options....Understanding water quality: Introduction - Please note, this course was written in 2003/2004 therefore some of the information is now outdated. In this free course, Understanding water quality, you will look at the main properties of natural water and how...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham
History & The Arts

A day at Doncaster - and an hour out of Durham

...world where sins are apt to be ugly, a horse-race is so beautiful that if one loves beauty he can practise an aesthetic virtue by sinning in that sort. So I made myself a pretence of profit as well as pleasure, and in going to Doncaster I feigned the wish chiefly to compare its high event with that of Saratoga. I had no association with the place save horse-racing, and...
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