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The Seasons in Art
History & The Arts

The Seasons in Art

...changing ways that the seasons of the year have been represented in art over the centuries. It consists of four short films, each of which focuses on one season. The films analyse several famous paintings by some of the best-known names in the history of art as well as well as introducing some spectacular images by less familiar artists. The works discussed range...
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Video 15 mins
Human Resource Management and EDI
Money & Business

Human Resource Management and EDI

...change (marital status); some refer to the characteristics of the individual (age), while some may be concerned with the beliefs, norms and values of a group (religion). (It may even be the case that a visible characteristic (for example, age) can suggest an invisible one (people in particular age groups may hold the generally-ascribed values of that age group.)) In...
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Level 3: Advanced 2 hrs
Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius
History & The Arts

Leonardo's life: A timeline of genius

...climate of continual power struggles, these city states fought wars against each other and military weaponry played an important role. 1481 Military In 1481, Leonardo wrote a fascinating letter to Ludovico Sforza, later to become Duke of Milan. This letter, aimed at obtaining work at Sforza’s court, reads like a Renaissance CV, but it is Leonardo’s emphasis on his...
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Article 30 mins
Machines, minds and computers
Digital & Computing

Machines, minds and computers

...change is so great. You may have considered energy technologies, such as electricity or nuclear power; or mechanical ones, including the internal combustion engine and the jet; or medical ones, such as vaccination or antibiotics. Maybe you thought of mass-communication technologies, including radio and television. However, it's not possible to look at the applied science...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Music and its media
History & The Arts

Music and its media

...change over time; and how the appearance and contents of a source can reflect the circumstances in which it is produced. The course focuses on three examples of musical media that allow us to study music of the past: manuscripts of sixteenth-century Belgium, prints of eighteenth-century London, and recordings of twentieth-century America...This free course, Music and its...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...changes have been brought about by citizens mobilising against nuclear weapons. In Session 6, you’ll learn more about the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), one of the most important and most successful anti-nuclear campaigns in the world today. This course has been produced as part of an AHRC-funded project on ‘Global histories of...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Network security
Digital & Computing

Network security

...changing area of network security by studying the main issues involved in achieving a reasonable degree of resilience against attacks...Encryption of files and firewalls are just some of the security measures that can be used in security. This free course, Network security, which assumes you have a substantial knowledge of computing, helps to explain the intricacies of...
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Level 3: Advanced 25 hrs
Economics explains discrimination in the labour market
Society, Politics & Law

Economics explains discrimination in the labour market

...change in relative wages. The labour market is complex and the two observations that more women now participate in the labour market and that there has been a narrowing of relative wage differentials reflect a number of possible relationships. On the one hand, it may be the case that more women participate because female wages have increased over time. On the other hand,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs