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Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...Studies from Hull University. Following a series of successful attachments (including work at BBC Sound Archives and at BBC Worldwide) he progressed to a career as a staff Archive Researcher, and then going freelance 15 years ago. Lawrence now works for a variety of clients including Tigress, Humble Bee Films, BBC Earth Productions and BBC Science, and has twice been the...
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Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes
History & The Arts

Census stories: bringing statistics to life in Milton Keynes

...study for understanding demographic changes in ethnicity and religion across the UK. The approach can be applied in any local context. It encourages reflection upon personal lived experience and its relationship to the complexities of identity, ethnicity and religion, as observed in the census statistics over time...This free course brings national census data to life by...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...skilled workers, unskilled workers, people in very precarious forms of employment. And those divisions have always existed to be exploited and, from the 1980s onwards, many of those internal divisions widened for various reasons, not least because of deindustrialisation, consigning many traditional industrial communities to insecure work, long-term unemployment for many...
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In the night sky: Orion
Science, Maths & Technology

In the night sky: Orion

...study the birth, life and death of stars. The course In Week 1, you’ll discover the constellation of Orion, find it in the sky and find out how the constellations can be used for navigation. In Week 2, you will learn about the lifecycle of different types of star, their birth and what happens when they die. Find out about nuclear fusion that happens inside a star and...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...study in Computing & ICT...Machines, minds and computers: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain the distinction drawn in this course between artificial intelligence and Symbolic AI describe various possible tests for machine intelligence explain the concepts of a computer model and of an optimisation problem distinguish between a...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...study in Arts and Humanities...The Enlightenment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the cultural climate that existed as the Enlightenment began understand the main characteristics of the Enlightenment demonstrate an awareness of the cultural shifts and trends leading from Enlightenment to Romanticism...The Enlightenment: 1...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introduction to active galaxies
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to active galaxies

...skill of applying arithmetic and simple algebra to solving scientific problems. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course S282 Astronomy...Introduction to active galaxies: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: explain how and why the optical spectrum of an active or starburst galaxy differs from that of a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Voices from the Global South: an international field trip
Society, Politics & Law

Voices from the Global South: an international field trip

...study. Introduction This series of videos offers a chance to embark on an ‘International virtual field trip’. In addition to observing and thinking geographically, importantly there’s a lot of emphasis on listening to perspectives from across a range of contexts across the Global South. Although clearly not in the Global South, the International virtual field trip...
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Article 5 hrs