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The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...world because textiles were hand-woven on looms, so they were time-consuming to produce and therefore expensive. For some people, their clothing will have been the most expensive thing they owned; therefore, it was one of the main ways in which a person could show identity and status. So, what kinds of clothing did an elite Roman man like Augustus have at his...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...world. However, making that change is not straightforward. This free course will guide you through the process of researching and making a change in your work context. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course B875 MBA project: leaders of change...Using data to aid organisational change: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Introducing ageing
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing ageing

...world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life...Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs
Understanding antibiotic resistance Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding antibiotic resistance

...world out there. And you might think that you just see competition in the savannas of Africa. But in fact, the microbes fight each other as well. And in fact, like martial arts, they have ways of fighting other microbes with particular moves. And one move they have is to produce antibiotics. These are compounds that allow them to kill other microbes and take all the food...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Coaching neurodivergent athletes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Coaching neurodivergent athletes

...world around us. This has helped shift thinking from a deficit model to a strength-based one and has been reflected in informal approaches by coaches in sport (Hoare et al., 2023; Kimber et al., 2023). As a result, elements of neurodiversity which in the past were viewed as negative and not ‘normal’, can now be viewed as something to be championed and utilised. For...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...world. Mammals are essentially a terrestrial group of animals, but three major groups have independently adopted an aquatic way of life. In moving to the water, aquatic mammals have had to survive, feed and reproduce using a set of biological characteristics that evolved in association with life on land. This course will explore how these characteristics have provided...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Particle physics
Science, Maths & Technology

Particle physics

...world. Several concepts that you may already be familiar with, including atoms and energy, will be explored. You will also look at the various types of particle reactions, and the fundamental interactions that govern their behaviour. Subatomic particles are the building blocks of the Universe and an understanding of the reactions between these particles is crucial in...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Picturing the family
History & The Arts

Picturing the family

...World War, most family photographs were taken by professional photographers. In the 1880s, however, amateurs began to buy ready-made negatives over the counter and either undertook their own developing and printing or farmed this work out to commercial concerns. The amateur market expanded steadily, encouraged and sustained by commercial companies such as Kodak. By the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs