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Migration
Science, Maths & Technology

Migration

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: describe some of the migratory journeys made by birds and other animals explain the process of adaptation by natural selection and how this results in evolution describe what is meant by homeostasis, with particular reference to how migratory birds regulate body temperature in order to conserve energy...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Introducing music research
History & The Arts

Introducing music research

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand something of the diversity, purposes and cultural and thematic breadth of research in music understand how research in music is developed and how it relates to wider cultural questions, practices and ideas...Introducing music research: 1 What is musicology? - Put simply, musicology is the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...learn that engineers see the problems more as challenges and opportunities than as difficulties. What they appear to be doing is solving problems, but in fact they are busy creating solutions, an altogether more imaginative activity...Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems, ranging from the meeting of basic human needs for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...learn how economists have tried to understand what drives this distortion of the labour market and why women and those from minority ethnic groups seem to suffer the most...Discrimination in the labour market exists in many forms: the 'glass ceiling', ageism, racism, and so on. This free course, Economics explains discrimination in the labour market, will help you look at...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi
History & The Arts

John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the treatment of the themes of love and death in Acts 1 and 2 of John Webster’s play The Duchess of Malfi examine other related themes and concerns of Acts 1 and 2 carry out textual analysis recognise some of the historical contexts of the play...John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi:...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Studying mammals: Return to the water
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Return to the water

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: contrast the physical properties of air and water and describe implications of such differences for aquatic mammals give examples of the adaptations displayed by aquatic mammals that enable them to hold their breath while submerged for relatively long periods describe some of the biological differences...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introduction to operations management
Money & Business

Introduction to operations management

...learn about the external environment for businesses and how the economic and political context helps shape how businesses respond to global challenges...Introduction to operations management: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the input–process–output framework, the extensions of it, and apply them to a wide range of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Watching the weather
Nature & Environment

Watching the weather

...Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, concepts, scientific principles and language relating to meteorology and weather forecasting, in particular the techniques used to gather meteorological data receive and respond to information presented in a variety of ways,...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs