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Judicial decision making
Society, Politics & Law

Judicial decision making

...course, Judicial decision making, explains how judges decide cases. You will learn how judges make sense of evidence, and how they decide on fair outcomes in legal disputes. The course shows how the law constrains and influences judges, and what happens when the law is uncertain or contested. The course uses videos, practical examples, and interactive activities to...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Animals at the extremes: the desert environment
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: the desert environment

...course, Animals at the extremes: the desert environment, looks at the surprisingly diverse desert climates throughout the world and mammals, birds, lizards and amphibians that survive there. It splits these animals into three groups according to their strategy for survival: evaders, evaporators and endurers, then discusses how these strategies work on a biochemical and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Using data to aid organisational change
Money & Business

Using data to aid organisational change

...course explores how to use data to inform a change you would like to make within your business or organisational context. It looks at the type of evidence you can gather to inform your proposed change, and how to evaluate data with a view to using it as part of this transformation. Specifically, you will learn about internal and external sources of secondary information...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Reading evidence
Society, Politics & Law

Reading evidence

...course, Reading evidence, you will be focusing on the variety of methods for presenting and organising qualitative and quantitative evidence in the form of numbers and text. You will learn how to understand the ways in which evidence is presented and to read it actively and with purpose...What is active reading? It is reading with the aim of understanding and grasping...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Engineering: The nature of problems
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: The nature of problems

...course, Engineering: The nature of problems, we learn that engineers see the problems more as challenges and opportunities than as difficulties. What they appear to be doing is solving problems, but in fact they are busy creating solutions, an altogether more imaginative activity...Engineering is about extending the horizons of society by solving technical problems,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 40 hrs
The database development life cycle
Science, Maths & Technology

The database development life cycle

...course, The database development life cycle, has been designed to give you an overview of the developmental lifecycle for a database system, explaining the importance of data analysis and highlighting how database development differs from traditional software development...No idea how relational database systems are constructed? Did you know that they underpin the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...course introduces you to the legal characteristics of limited companies and how limited companies raise finance through ordinary shares and loan capital. It also introduces the interests of company stakeholders, and looks at three different perspectives on companies and their role in society. Finally, it introduces the formats of company financial statements in comparison...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Studying mammals: The social climbers
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: The social climbers

...course, Studying mammals: The social climbers, you will find out about some of the characteristics that make them so like us: their physiology, complex social interactions, large brains and intelligence. This is the ninth course in the Studying mammals series...Monkeys have long fascinated us because of their similarities to the human race. In this free course, Studying...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs