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Darwin and Inheritance
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin and Inheritance

...travels to Galapagos Islands and is confused by the variations within species such as finches. Darwinism Meets Mendelian Genetics Only in the 1930's was it realised that it is not attributes that are passed on but genes. Miescher Identifies DNA Miescher speculates that DNA could provide the missing piece of the puzzle of how the laws of inheritance worked physically. ....
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Audio 30 mins
Digital Nepal
Science, Maths & Technology

Digital Nepal

...in Kathmandu Anna Peachey educational technologist describes her work using geocaching in Nepal. Economic climates in Nepal An educationalist and consultants explain where Nepal stands economically and technologically In regard to their neighbouring countries. Nepal's future: Technological developments A look at what's in store for the future of Nepal and its development....
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Video 31 mins
Noise Pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Noise Pollution

...work and what kind of sound levels can damage your hearing? The five video tracks in this album explain basic concepts such as units of noise, sound insulation and noise control. Car manufacturers like Lexus have developed the quiet car, but this kind of technology benefits the driver, not the people living beside busy roads. Locals from a Derbyshire village explain how...
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Audio 27 mins
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...work of art that, at heart, is a computer. You will also explore how computers are connected together to achieve even more than when working alone...This free course, An introduction to computers and computer systems, challenges how we view computers through the examples of processors in kitchen scales and digital cameras, as well as examining the work of art that, at...
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Level 1: Introductory 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

...worked for decades to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, with the ultimate aim of abolishing them altogether. You will see how opposition to nuclear weapons has been an important cause on every continent. Beginning in 1945, this course will equip you with knowledge of the nature of anti-nuclear activism until the present day...In this free course you will learn about the...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It
History & The Arts

Reading Shakespeare's As You Like It

...work, probably written after two of his best-known plays, Henry V and Julius Caesar, and immediately before another, Hamlet. The play is set in two quite distinct worlds – a corrupt ducal court and the pastoral Forest of Arden – and the play’s protagonist is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved characters, Rosalind, a duke’s daughter who notoriously spends most of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view
Society, Politics & Law

Economics and the 2008 crisis: a Keynesian view

...work through seven sections in which you will engage with some of the major aspects of economic policy: What types of problems are governments concerned with? Which policy instruments do they have at their disposal? How do they make decisions about the effectiveness of alternative courses of action? One of the most challenging aspects of economic policy and decision...
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Level 2: Intermediate 28 hrs
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...social worker, had been out in West London when a confrontation between his friends and another group of youths turned violent. Though he was not directly involved in the fight the prosecution’s case against him rested on phone calls he had made to friends who subsequently arrived at the scene and fatally stabbed the victim. Alexander knew that his friends carried...
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