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Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...course, Microbes friend or foe? sheds some light on them...Microbes often get a bad name. Whilst some of them do cause disease, others play vital roles in recycling nutrients in the soil to enable plants to grow, and in breaking down human waste. Without microbes, we would have no beer, no yoghurt, no coffee. That's quite impressive for something too small to see. This...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...course ‘Recovery strategies in sport and exercise’ investigates the science behind recovery exploring the physiological processes involved in training and recovery and the potential role of recovery strategies...The ability to recover quickly from an intensive training session or match can be extremely advantageous to sports performers. Sport and fitness participants...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Making sense of art history
History & The Arts

Making sense of art history

...course, Making sense of art history, by looking around you. It's likely that wherever you are you'll be able to see some images. It's also likely that many of these will be intended to have some sort of effect on you. In the course itself you will be exploring the power of images via a study of contemporary art from the 1980s onwards. Taking the time to look beyond the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Introduction to the calculus of variations
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to the calculus of variations

...course concerns the calculus of variations. Section 1 introduces some key ingredients by solving a seemingly simple problem – finding the shortest distance between two points in a plane. The section also introduces the notions of a functional and of a stationary path. Section 2 describes basic problems that can be formulated in terms of functionals. Section 3 looks at...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
General principles of cellular communication
Science, Maths & Technology

General principles of cellular communication

...course, General principles of cellular communication, explains cell signalling pathways in general terms and identifies some of the universal characteristics of signalling pathway components...Learn about how cells sense and respond to extrinsic stimuli, a capacity that allows them to communicate with each other and to respond to changes in their environment. This free...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring
Money & Business

Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring

...course, Workplace learning with coaching and mentoring, you will consider theoretical and practical issues in planning and managing learning and talent development programmes in your organisation. You will also explore ideas about coaching and mentoring; both are prominent learning and development tools in contemporary organisations. You will also learn about how...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Visions of protest: graffiti
History & The Arts

Visions of protest: graffiti

...course, Visions of protest: graffiti, introduces students to contrasting understandings of graffiti. It draws on a wide range of graffiti examples, including mystery zebras in Hackney, fish graffiti in Morecambe, 'tags' in a Milton Keynes underpass, a McDonald's advert and exhibits at a highly established art gallery, the Tate Modern. Students will consider different...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...course, The meaning of crime, 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...Tough on the causes of crime'. A famous phrase, but what is crime? This free course, The meaning of crime, examines how we, as a 'society', define...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs