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Two concepts of freedom
History & The Arts

Two concepts of freedom

...Introduction - ‘Freedom’ can mean many different things. Here we're concerned with political freedom. Isaiah Berlin distinguished between a concept of negative freedom and a concept of positive freedom. You will examine these concepts and learn to recognise the difference between freedom from constraint and the freedom that comes from self-mastery or self-realisation....
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant

...managers and employees wastes time and impacts productivity’ HR Magazine, (12 Medi). Ar gael yn: https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/ content/ news/ poor-communication-between-managers-and-employees-wastes-time-and-impacts-productivity (Cyrchwyd: 16 Awst 2022). Sefydliad Iechyd y Byd (2022) Mental health: strengthening our response. Ar gael yn: https://www.who.int/ news-room/...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...Introduction - We all have constant daily experience of fluids, from breathing air to taking showers and checking weather forecasts, which means that we all have a great deal of intuitive knowledge about how they behave; this course will build on that knowledge. The Earth’s atmosphere and oceans are two of the most important fluids for engineers, and a working knowledge...
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Level 3: Advanced 7 hrs
The poetry of Sorley MacLean
History & The Arts

The poetry of Sorley MacLean

...Introduction - Sorley MacLean (1911–1996) is now regarded as one of the greatest Scottish poets of the twentieth century. However, until the 1970s, his verse was known by very few people. In that decade, publication of English translations of his work and the impact of his public readings established him in the eyes of poetry lovers in Scotland, Ireland and England, as...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach
Society, Politics & Law

Children and violence: an introductory, international and interdisciplinary approach

...Introduction - Children are subject to many forms of adversity, for example, poverty or ill health. However, a significant form of adversity experienced by children in many different regions of the world is violence. The form of violence against children varies widely and is hugely disparate. In this course, the focus is on three different environments where children...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...Introduction - The topic of this free course is modern slavery. While slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century, it continues in the modern world and affects millions of people worldwide. Modern slavery takes various forms, e.g. trafficking in human beings (THB), forced labour and bonded labour. THB is a complex issue, which poses a challenge to legal regulation,...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
A tour of the cell
Science, Maths & Technology

A tour of the cell

...Introduction - This course contains a blend of text and a multimedia interactive component to look at the uniformity and diversity within cells. Fundamental to understanding how cells 'work' is knowledge of the subcellular components and how they are arranged and this is tested through a series of in-text and self-assessment questions. This OpenLearn course is an adapted...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Living without oil
Science, Maths & Technology

Living without oil

...Introduction - Crude oil is currently our most important global source of energy. It is vital in the manufacture of many modern materials. But the world's supply of oil is finite, its price is unstable and our reliance on oil has damaging environmental consequences. This course explains why developing alternatives to oil is an essential and urgent task for humanity. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs