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Infection and immunity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Infection and immunity

...Introduction - Most people on Earth experience at least one episode of an infectious disease every year. Although the majority recover, hundreds of millions suffer severe or long-term health effects as a direct result of an infection and around 10 million people – many of them children – lose their lives. In the 1960s, it was widely believed that the threat to health...
Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...Introduction - ‘Tough on the causes of crime.’ A famous phrase, but what is crime? This unit examines how we as a ‘society’ define crime. You will look at the fear that is generated within communities and what evidence is available to support claims that are made about crime rates. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Sociology...The meaning...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...Introduction - In the 1780s there were two distinct, but connected, political entities to be found in the British Isles: the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain. In January 1801, these kingdoms joined together to form a new state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. However, political union did not necessarily mean that all of the people...
Meiosis and mitosis
Science, Maths & Technology

Meiosis and mitosis

...Introduction - This course looks at how units if inheritance are transmitted from one generation to the next. First you will look at what happens to the chromosomes of animals and plants during the process of sexual reproduction. Then you will examine how genes are transmitted in particular patterns from generation to generation. These two approaches combine to illustrate...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle
History & The Arts

Piracy, anonymity & parametric politics: An interview with Ned Rossiter and Soenke Zehle

...Introduction In an (in)famous postscript, Gilles Deleuze traces the emergence of a society of control, whose passive danger is jamming, and whose active danger lies in piracy and viruses. Media jamming and piracy, hacktivism and viruses are all rampant today: the internet is their natural breeding ground, to the point of becoming trivial occurrences in everyday life....
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course concentrates on describing objects. You will be reading and writing descriptions and considering why descriptions are important. Throughout the course you will be exploring how things and words written about things are inextricably linked. You will focus on an object in isolation from the society which made it and work on developing...
Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts

...Introduction - This free course, Exploring economics: the secret life of t-shirts, aims to describe what goes into making and selling a t-shirt: which resources, which markets, who is involved, the income people get, the income and value they create. You will explore these questions at different stages of the production of a t-shirt, and will use concepts from economics...
Understanding economic inequality
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding economic inequality

...Introduction - In this free course, Understanding economic inequality, you will explore one of the most pressing challenges of our times – inequality. You will explore different debates on the causes, trends and consequences of inequality, and what can be done about it. You will be encouraged to reflect on your personal experiences of inequality before looking at how...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs