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The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...change of so many hearts, to plant in entire barbarous nations not only the faith, but also the spirit of Christ. Preachers, who have not attained to a disengagement and purity of heart, suffer the petty interests of self-love secretly to mingle themselves in their zeal and charity, and have reason to suspect that they inflict deeper wounds in their own souls than they...
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Article 10 mins
An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...changes. Is cost-effective. Has a long shelf life. (Jones et al., 2006, p. 777; Dhivya, Padma and Santhini, 2015) An overview of the different types of dressings available is given in the BNF (see link) https://bnf.nice.org.uk/wound-management/ Please access the paper by Anderson (2010) Key principles involved in applying and removing wound dressings. Nursing Standard....
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Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...change by programming more women. It offers practical advice on how to curate diverse programmes, seeking funding, building audience engagement, and getting performers on board. The course goes into depth on programming works by both historical and contemporary women composers, covering where to find scores and resources, creating performance editions, promoting and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...change if you were told that Lily is (a) a 6-year-old girl, (b) a pet dog, (c) a pet cat, (d) a pet bird, or (e) a pet fish? In the study that this activity was adapted from, Jeffrey Rasmussen and colleagues found that people tended to rate all of these assumptions as being highly reasonable of the young child (using a 7-point rating scale, where 1 indicated...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...change in position of the bright stars Sirius and Procyon uncovered their two unseen companions. The concept of detecting and exploring an unseen object by studying its influence on a nearby astronomical source has also been applied to exoplanets and their host stars. However, exoplanets were expected to be extremely hard to observe in practice. Using the orbits and size...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
History & The Arts

Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

...changing cultural-historical context, which will help us to make sense of a text, but also of reading with more awareness of what the process of reading involves. In order to help us to think about how our reading may be influenced by our conventions and assumptions, I would like briefly to consider a modern novel, which raises these issues quite sharply. Activity 1 Here...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
How teams work
Money & Business

How teams work

...changed by the degree to which the team is a virtual team. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of postgraduate study in Management...How teams work: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the issues and processes that relate to team formation and development in a virtual context identify barriers to effective team work in a...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...changes in the composition of our customer base. An increase in this proportion might indicate successful upselling strategies, while a decrease could signal a need for customer retention efforts. Hypothesis testing: We might want to test whether the true population proportion of big customers differs from a hypothesised value. In this case, we would use a z-test for...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs