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‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury
Education & Development

‘Where do you really come from?’ How this enquiry can add insult to injury

...Holder, A. M. B., Nadal, K. L. and Esquilin, M. (2007) ‘Racial microaggressions in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice’. American Psychologist, 62(4). https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.62.4.271 Williams, M. T. (2020) ‘How Microaggressions Are Harmful’. Managing Microaggressions, pp. 43–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/MED-PSYCH/9780190875237.003.0003...
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Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris
Languages

Advanced French: At the science museum in Paris

...Introduction - This course offers you around 15 hours of interactive study in French, with audio and video material and at an advanced level, on the topic of science and technology in France. Learning Outcomes include how to express wishes, preferences and necessity, how to structure arguments, write a summary, use the subjunctive, express the conditional, pronounce...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...Introduction - This course is the first in a series of three on Animals at the extreme. It is concerned with the integration of behaviour anatomy, physiology and biochemistry in diverse vertebrates that live in deserts. Once you have completed this course, you will be all the more able to appreciate the linked courses that follow, Animals at the extreme: hibernation and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Crime fiction in French: le polar français
Languages

Crime fiction in French: le polar français

...Introduction - This course offers you around six hours of study in French at an advanced level on the topic of French crime fiction. Learning Outcomes include becoming familiar with important authors and texts in French crime fiction, being able to analyse some literary techniques used by authors, having an understanding of differences between formal written French and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...Introduction - In this course we will focus on the Anthropoidea, a suborder of primates that includes monkeys, apes and humans. We will concentrate our attention here primarily on monkeys. Colour vision, a large brain and intelligence are of great importance in the lives of anthropoids, enabling them to eat foods inaccessible to many other animals and to exploit social...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...Introduction - In this free course, Intermediate Spanish: a trip across Latin America, you will learn about the ways the people of South and Central America have dealt with the everyday conditions imposed on them by the environment they live in. You will travel from Chile to Honduras and use videos, audio recordings and articles on your virtual journey towards the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Psychology around the world
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychology around the world

...Introduction - Welcome to this exciting free OpenLearn course! In this course you will explore how psychology helps us to understand human thoughts (how people think), emotions (how people feel) and behaviours (what people do) across different societies. This course has been created to demonstrate the fascinating universal and unique ways in which psychology works around...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Intermediate German: The world of work
Languages

Intermediate German: The world of work

...Introduction - This free course, Intermediate German: The world of work, deals with different aspects of work. You will cover a variety of definitions of the term ‘work’, and reflect on the relevance and importance of work in our lives. You will also learn about different models of part-time work and consider if and how work will change in the future. In diesem Kurs...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs