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Emotion: an introductory picture
History & The Arts

Emotion: an introductory picture

...study in Arts and Humanities...Emotion: An introductory picture: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss basic philosophical questions concerning the nature of emotions discuss some of the philosophical literature on this subject by William James understand problems concerning the nature of emotions and discuss them in a...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...study of women composers formed a large or a small part of your musical education? Did you study/perform any works by women when you were training? If you have been put off performing works by women, what were the reasons? Was it difficult to find scores of their works? Were you worried that audiences would be put off by hearing works that they might not be familiar with...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Blood and the respiratory system
Science, Maths & Technology

Blood and the respiratory system

...study why respiration is so important for life, including how air enters and leaves the lungs, how oxygen is transported in the blood, the many dynamic factors that control breathing, and some diseases that affect respiration...‘Don’t hold your breath’ is an expression you’ve probably heard many times, but may not have thought too much about. In this free course,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...skill to modify the code is a weaker selling point. Free software tools have won on their broad merits many times, and not only on low-level system and network fronts. Wikis and blogging software (which are interaction and communication tools) that have been invented by the free software community have maintained a lead over proprietary competitors. Networking and...
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Article 10 mins
How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How is a scorpion going to help fight brain cancers?

...study my cancer and help other kids that get it in the future.” Violet died a year later at her grandparents’ home, beside her family and pets: a puppy, two Labradors and a cat. A couple of weeks after her passing, Olson honoured her by naming a new project ‘Project Violet’. He hoped it would revolutionise cancer surgery with a drug from an unusual source....
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Article 5 mins
Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Caroline Underwood - Earth in Vision

...Studies, because the programme that I chose allowed me essentially to write the programme that I wanted to do and there aren’t many places that will let you do that, they always want to line you up and put you in boxes very early on and I just knew what I wanted to do, which was to look actually at television and see what television had to say about the natural world....
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Video 30 mins
What are waves?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are waves?

...studying this course, you should be able to: understand the types of wave understand the properties of waves...What are waves?: 1 How do you make a wave? - Waves on the surface of the ocean are caused by winds that displace the surface. The same applies in the atmosphere too. The displacement by a force such as the wind pushes the boundary, or interface, between two...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol
Digital & Computing

Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer trawsnewid digidol

...skills are a step towards learning lots of other new things. They can improve your confidence to use technology for work, learning and daily life. Many jobs today require digital skills. You need them even for jobs that do not ask for high levels of qualifications or experience. For example, if you work in a warehouse or a shop you may need to keep digital records of...
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Level 1: Introductory 11 hrs