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Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...Introduction - Modern communication technology amalgamates many areas of knowledge such as electronics, radio-frequency engineering, information theory, cryptography, and signal processing. Nevertheless, some basic principles and recurring themes underpin much communications technology, and this free course, Exploring communications technology, concentrates on them. The...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...Introduction - At some point in your life, you have probably tried to see how long you could hold your breath. It most likely took about 30 seconds before you felt the need to breathe. Free-divers, people who descend deep underwater without any breathing equipment, can hold their breath for much longer. In July 2016, William Trubridge set a world record in unassisted...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Accessibility of eLearning
Education & Development

Accessibility of eLearning

...Introduction - Accessibility to eLearning for disabled students is a topic which could be included in any area of the curriculum. Most education professionals are aware that they should consider it, but are unsure of what it means, and how to make their eLearning materials accessible to students with a range of disabilities. This free course addresses that need. If you...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Beginners’ German: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ German: food and drink

...Introduction - This course focuses on expressing your own food and drink preferences, and explores meal times and eating habits in German-speaking countries. You will read and hear about a range of types of food and drink. You will also find out how to order and pay for things in cafes and restaurants. Most importantly, you will find out what it’s like to read and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Geometry
Science, Maths & Technology

Geometry

...Introduction - This free course looks at various aspects of shape and space. It uses a lot of mathematical vocabulary, so you should make sure that you are clear about the precise meaning of words such as circumference, parallel, similar and cross-section. You may find it helpful to note down the meaning of each new word, perhaps illustrating it with a diagram. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
General Election 2015 - 79Rewind
Society, Politics & Law

General Election 2015 - 79Rewind

...managed politics and we want good, justified performances. Glenda Jackson agrees. GLENDA JACKSON I do sometimes sit and fulminate when I’m watching either PMQs or questions to Ministers, MPs stand up and they haven’t rehearsed their question, and there’s a kind of lot of humming and ahhing and taking ages to get to the point. MICHAEL SAWARD So what is a citizen to...
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The Bletchley Park connection
History & The Arts

The Bletchley Park connection

...managed to give us the slip about 3 o’clock in the morning. A search was immediately started by all the ships in the area, and dispositions made by the Admiralty to cover her possible courses. As a result of this she was sighted by an aircraft of the coastal command about 10.30 on the morning of the 26th making for Brest. Chris Williams So, in the early hours of May the...
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Article 5 mins
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...manageable, healthy and shiny – while ‘bad’ hair is ‘short, matted, kinky, nappy, coarse, brittle and woolly’ (Johnson and Bankhead, 2014). Consequently, terms such as ‘good hair’ have become a code for Caucasian straight hair, granting more power and social capital. Indeed, the idealisation of Eurocentric femininity with her long blonde hair and blue eyes...
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Article 5 mins